Evolution of a New Trinary

(exerpt from an essay by Tamas Veszi)

Human beings have, in the effort to integrate nature into culture, defined the world according to binary and trinary structures. As we enter the 21 st century, I propose that humans have surpassed the binary structures we created as a result of the industrial revolution. We have moved into a new complex form of trinary structure of a biotech era. The nature of this new trinary world has evolved beyond the previous trinaries, such as the widely accepted notion of mind, body and soul, or the trinity of Christianity. My definition of the "new trinary" is a symbiosis of humans/nature, and technology in a completely integrated relationship that cannot be disentangled. I believe that the evolution of new trinary structures creates a more efficient balance of conceptual and material resources than previous arrangements.

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