<s>
Virtual	B-General_Concept
collective	I-General_Concept
consciousness	I-General_Concept
(	O
VCC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
term	O
rebooted	O
and	O
promoted	O
by	O
two	O
behavioral	O
scientists	O
,	O
Yousri	O
Marzouki	O
and	O
Olivier	O
Oullier	O
in	O
their	O
2012	O
Huffington	O
Post	O
article	O
titled	O
:	O
“	O
Revolutionizing	O
Revolutions	O
:	O
Virtual	B-General_Concept
Collective	I-General_Concept
Consciousness	I-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
Arab	O
Spring	O
”	O
,	O
after	O
its	O
first	O
appearance	O
in	O
1999-2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
interviewed	O
about	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
VCC	O
that	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
-	O
Hyperconnectivity	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Future	O
of	O
Internet	O
Communication	O
-	O
he	O
edited	O
,	O
Professor	O
of	O
Pervasive	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
,	O
Adrian	O
David	O
Cheok	O
mentioned	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
global	O
(	O
collective	O
)	O
virtual	O
consciousness	O
is	O
a	O
bottom-up	O
process	O
and	O
a	O
rather	O
emergent	O
property	O
resulting	O
from	O
a	O
momentum	O
of	O
complex	O
interactions	O
taking	O
place	O
in	O
social	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999-2000	O
,	O
Richard	O
Glen	O
Boire	O
provided	O
a	O
cursory	O
mention	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
occurrence	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
Virtual	B-General_Concept
collective	I-General_Concept
consciousness	I-General_Concept
"	O
in	O
his	O
text	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
term	O
Virtual	B-General_Concept
Collective	I-General_Concept
Consciousness	I-General_Concept
has	O
resurfaced	O
and	O
was	O
brought	O
to	O
light	O
after	O
extending	O
its	O
applications	O
to	O
the	O
Egyptian	O
case	O
and	O
the	O
whole	O
social	O
networking	O
major	O
impact	O
on	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
so-called	O
Arab	O
Spring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
the	O
acronym	O
VCC	O
was	O
suggested	O
to	O
identify	O
the	O
theoretical	O
framework	O
covering	O
on-line	O
behaviors	O
leading	O
to	O
a	O
virtual	B-General_Concept
collective	I-General_Concept
consciousness	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
theoretical	O
references	O
ranging	O
from	O
sociology	O
to	O
computer	O
science	O
were	O
mentioned	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
account	O
for	O
the	O
key	O
features	O
that	O
render	O
the	O
framework	O
for	O
a	O
Virtual	B-General_Concept
Collective	I-General_Concept
Consciousness	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
McLuhan	O
's	O
global	O
village	O
:	O
The	O
shrinking	O
of	O
our	O
big	O
world	O
to	O
a	O
small	O
place	O
called	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
is	O
made	O
possible	O
by	O
technological	O
extensions	O
of	O
human	O
consciousness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bitcoin	B-Protocol
protocol	O
:	O
It	O
was	O
questioned	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
the	O
Bitcoin	B-Protocol
protocol	O
can	O
morph	O
into	O
Virtual	B-General_Concept
Collective	I-General_Concept
Consciousness	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Byzantine	O
generals	O
problem	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
analogy	O
to	O
understand	O
the	O
behavioral	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
of	O
Bitcoin	B-Protocol
's	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
