GENEALOGY OF ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE: TRANSHUMANISTIC INVASION OF INTELLECTUAL SPACE
Keywords:
Architecture, Intellect, Isolation, Knowledge Workers, Society, Space, TranshumanismAbstract
The notion of organizational space has taken many turns throughout its evolutionary existence; after having discussed geographical, physical, mechanical and personal space; now a new body of knowledge is being generated to encircle and comprehend the concept of intellectual space. Transhumanism has influenced organizations round the globe and furthermore the cognitive process of knowledge workers across organizations. This paper is an initial attempt to look into these impressions and their impact on personal progression of an individual in a holistic manner. It is evident that excessive transhumanistic initiatives have overpowered natural mental functions and a sheer sense of social isolation seems prevailing that hampers inter-personal relationships and posits damaging outcomes in the long run. Fast track technological automation has not left little room for working professionals to sustain mind-body relation as their required intellectual space is being overwhelmed by artificial intelligence.
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