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               56   International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 7 (23): 47-77, Summer 2020
                  Should  the  ‘perceptions’  be        These  evil  activities  demand
               misperceptions     they    would      of  states  that  they  provide
               retard their cognition.               international  cybersecurity  and
                  In  the  real  world  interactive   of  the  institutions  that  they
               conversations take place within a     provide  cybersecurity  for  their
               social   system     of    cultural,   own websites.
               linguistic, and religious diversity.     In  CST  there  is  no  physical
                  This  world  is  space  for        interlocution  but  higher  levels  of
               cognitive  elaboration,  in  which    simulation  of  the  physical  world,
               networks  of  relationship  are  built   which  influence  the  development
               and reinforced through repetition.    of  cognitive  performance  as
                  There  is  wider  semiotic  space   communicative exchange.
               for the internalisation of signs and     This  necessitates  state  and
               symbols for use and interpretation    institutional   regulation     of
               to    generate    tolerance   and     communication     to    guarantee
               understanding.                        communication      within     the
                  In contrast, CST lacks a social    framework  of  basic  human
               system  and  provides  reduced        decency.
               space for cognitive elaboration and      Cognition  as  a  function  of
               weaker  networks  for  human          social  and  political  activities
               relationships.                        connotes  shared  activities  and
                  There  is  narrow  semiotic        accessibility,  with  a  psychosocial
               space,  which  reduces  tolerance     approach,  in  the  context  of
               and  understanding.  This  opens      networked relationships.
               CST  to  abuse  and  misuse  such        By  the  limitations  of  web-
               as cyber-attack, crime, bullying,     based  technology  CST  utilises
               balkanisation, war and terrorism.     only a small part of space, which
                  These  anti-social  activities     is  reachable  through  satellite
               manipulate  the  human  intellect     technology.
               and emotions.                            The  small  part  networks
                  They     violate   the    very     interlinked  and  intermediate
               principle of  democratic practice     computers,       which      store
               and  societal  norms  and  make       knowledge      and    make      it
               parts of CST violent.                 accessible.
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