Man, so short on time here, but I've been working on a fictitious operating system that's based on a similar thing... a person's grid is the OS, and everyone has their own OS. Since we could scrape knowledge data from social networks (and I'll raise the stakes by saying, scrape personality and soul), you might be able to run an OS, with knowledge, and empathy, based on a careful reconstruction of a person, their wisdom, and their vibe.
They'd lock me up if I didn't qualify statements with 'I'm writing fiction'.
And is it the OS or the UI? Meaning, if we're stealing something, aren't we stealing Aero or the shiny edges? Hmmm. Well, maybe the logic, too.
You're right though. Human OS.
rox
· 2 years ago
it's not fiction eric it's mr brogan's observation of history. we've always been better than machines at organizing and acting on what's really relevant to us.
software is getting way better at mimicking the superficial characteristics and we humans are getting better at sensing the relevant while being exposed to a larger and larger group of humanity.
no two individuals really use the tools identically, but when they do approximate it, they get distinctly different results - based purely on context, which IMO is part the present moment and part the legacy energy matrix between/among us.
Connie Bensen
· 2 years ago
Chris, I've been thinking about this while doing other things tonight. I think that we do create these networks intuitively (and join them). Aren't they our social networks? I belong to 3 niches & I know where to go when I need assistance depending on if I have a question related to my work, my networking or my hobby. Or do you see this as something more specific?
Eric Rice
· 2 years ago
Rox, to clarify, fiction is the thing I'm doing, Chris is doing the observation, I agree.
Typing while jetlagged = bad :)
rox
· 2 years ago
Eric, thanks! I was picking up on (or projecting my own) paranoia in your closing comment. People who think out on the edge often can "get away" with more outrageous-ness when filed under fiction.
Meanwhile, sleep is good. That is what Mr Brogan is doing while we yak up his blog!
DefogMyBlog
· 2 years ago
Somewhere I switched off. Not for me. Now left anxious that Chris Brogan will take the fun out of Twitter.
Seni Thomas
· 2 years ago
Chris,
Great topic. Innovation networks are something I have been thinking on for quite sometime, and the biggest barrier is finding the right people to ask questions too:
My solution is something along the lines of: GoogleApps + Spock + Facebook/Orkut
Essentially: Collaboration Tools + People Search + Social Network.
I really love how you refer to clusters of people as "nodes"! For some reason, it reminds me of dendrites and synapses, and how our brains make and bolster connections 24/7. In that way, it just seems to make sense to communicate purposefully via information clusters. I'm not sure what that would look like on a large scale, but it is something to keep in mind when trying to glean or supply information. Thanks for the insight!
dave davison
· 2 years ago
with this post you have absolutely got my attention. Ihave been wrestling with this problem - using grazr and a visual map of the socialnet as my beginning tools - I think there are so many different nodal connections that one needs a Powers of Ten approach to panning and zooming them. You just wrote the spec for the tools set I need to achieve what Vannevar Bush was talking about in 1945 with his Memex, and what Doug Engelbart has been preaching for 40 years with his concepts for a dynamic knowledge repository for collective intelligence. I know we have connected before, but with this post( which incidentally was through a link from Beth Kantor's Blog) I feel it's time to reconnect with you and do some serious work together. Can we talk?
Mark Dykeman
· 2 years ago
Hi folks, first time posting here.
I can't speak much to technology or methods here, but I like this idea because it might help deal with a different problem that I recently pondered: getting access to trustworthy information in an age where spin, exaggeration, and downright lies seem all too prevalent.
Over time we all build up our networks of trusted information sources. When the media (any media) starts broadcasting a story of some kind, you can tap into your network of contacts to determine whether the information is true, false, or flawed. But what if you are new to the game and don't have a network or don't know who is really knowledgeable? A network of trustworthy information nodes would be a wonderful thing to be able to tap into.
Could a wiki be a part of the ultimate solution, or something like it that allows continuous editing, review, approval, and is built to link things together? Just a thought...
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They'd lock me up if I didn't qualify statements with 'I'm writing fiction'.
And is it the OS or the UI? Meaning, if we're stealing something, aren't we stealing Aero or the shiny edges? Hmmm. Well, maybe the logic, too.
You're right though. Human OS.
software is getting way better at mimicking the superficial characteristics and we humans are getting better at sensing the relevant while being exposed to a larger and larger group of humanity.
no two individuals really use the tools identically, but when they do approximate it, they get distinctly different results - based purely on context, which IMO is part the present moment and part the legacy energy matrix between/among us.
I've been thinking about this while doing other things tonight. I think that we do create these networks intuitively (and join them). Aren't they our social networks? I belong to 3 niches & I know where to go when I need assistance depending on if I have a question related to my work, my networking or my hobby. Or do you see this as something more specific?
Typing while jetlagged = bad :)
Meanwhile, sleep is good. That is what Mr Brogan is doing while we yak up his blog!
Great topic. Innovation networks are something I have been thinking on for quite sometime, and the biggest barrier is finding the right people to ask questions too:
My solution is something along the lines of: GoogleApps + Spock + Facebook/Orkut
Essentially: Collaboration Tools + People Search + Social Network.
More fleshed out thoughts here:
http://senithomas.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/the-...
Cheers,
Seni
I can't speak much to technology or methods here, but I like this idea because it might help deal with a different problem that I recently pondered: getting access to trustworthy information in an age where spin, exaggeration, and downright lies seem all too prevalent.
Over time we all build up our networks of trusted information sources. When the media (any media) starts broadcasting a story of some kind, you can tap into your network of contacts to determine whether the information is true, false, or flawed. But what if you are new to the game and don't have a network or don't know who is really knowledgeable? A network of trustworthy information nodes would be a wonderful thing to be able to tap into.
Could a wiki be a part of the ultimate solution, or something like it that allows continuous editing, review, approval, and is built to link things together? Just a thought...
Great post!