Bio-Adaptive Mythologies: Envisioning a Cyber-Ecology of Narrative Design
Bio-Adaptive Mythologies: Envisioning a Cyber-Ecology of Narrative Design

Summary/Abstract: Myths are living systems of knowledge, emerging from and nurturing the environments that gave them form. With the decreased centrality of oral storytelling and the preponderance of disembodied media, we now observe an erosion of the connection between myth and ecosystems. We outline a framework for “Adaptive Mythology,” re-envisioning a contemporary form of myth as an embodied, cyber-ecological process of collective meaning-making. Using biofeedback (brain, heart, respiration signals, etc.) to modulate media in real-time, we propose ways to shape narratives through biopsychological states, forming symbiotic eco-narratives beyond fixed scripts. Building on the legacy of cybernetics, here storytelling is presented as an emergent process arising from continuous interactions among human and technological agents. We reflect on how cyber-ecosystems constitute semi-permeable interfaces enabling participatory sense-making between human and nonhuman agents. We further outline design principles—isomorphism, emergence, and ecological attunement—to guide the development of bio-adaptive storytelling within cyber-ecosystems. This project invites a return to mythology as a living dialogue between self, technology, and the Earth.

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