Global Brain: best knol of the month nomination
A Knol contributor wrote a comment on my knol to say that it’s been nominated by other users as the “Best Knol of the Month”.
http://knol.google.com/k/andreas-kemper/best-knol-of-the-month/8bgikaqot3ts/46#
It’s really good to know that others are finding my analysis on the Global Brain informative / helpful / insightful / inspirational / visionary / coherent etc. I know I’m a nano-entity in a world population of billions and I also know that, as bright as I may be, I don’t know all the answers and collectively everyone else does. Admittedly, when I was a child the other kids used to do sing-songs about me, “Twain, Twain, super brain,” or “Twain, Twain, choo-choo train,” which was simply a reflection of their mischief and affection.
My mind and I were always on the go and I did think about the world around us…………A LOT.
This excessive preponderance may explain why the concept of the Global Brain is a paradox which has intrigued, enchanted and challenged me for quite some time now. I was exposed to Neural Networks during Web 1.0 in portfolio optimization of hedge funds as well as in companies at the very forefront of what is now re-marketed as “Cloud Computing” — which was then simply connective infrastructure.
My observation from more recent Web 2.5-wannabe-Web 3.0 experiences is that we seem to be looping back to previous constructs, and that the Semantic breakthroughs needed are still some time-space away. I’ve watched various videos, tested some betas, read the blurbs and the same missing pieces of the jigsaw shout out at me.
I suppose that’s why I wrote the section on CURRENT LIMITATIONS of the Global Brain and asked for Linked Data to be re-imagined. There are some people who may regard it all as “semantic differences and wordplay between the technologists and the marketers”, but if my knol is read carefully it becomes clear it’s actually about the structural approach and insight on the brain, language, perception, inter-cogency etc. that also need to be transposed to the computer and code.
In any case, I’m really glad people are reading the knol, finding it stimulating and engaging with it.
Who knows? It may even be seeding / catalyzing their own exploration of the Global Brain and its associated technologies. The more intelligence that can be brought to bear on this, the better, imo.
Our collective wisdoms and collaborations, shared via the harnessing of technology, are what will find solutions to universal conundrums about economic stability, climate change, poverty alleviation, educational democracy and more.
