Difference between revisions of "Human intelligence"
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As well as potentially increasing the effectiveness of our current intelligence, total intelligence is growing constantly: | As well as potentially increasing the effectiveness of our current intelligence, total intelligence is growing constantly: | ||
| − | *Worldwide [[education]] is becoming more pervasive and of better quality, meaning that a larger percentage of the population can effectively participate in developing solutions. | + | *Worldwide [[education]] is becoming more pervasive and of better quality, meaning that a much larger percentage of the world's population can effectively participate in developing solutions. The bulk of the world's population has, up until now, been in a situation where the sophisticated information gathered by humanity was inaccessible to them. Now, if cheap computers and wireless Internet can be spread to the 85% of humanity living in these countries, we open up a massive goldmine of ideas, invention, and innovation to advance humanity. |
*The world population is still expanding which increases the pool of intelligence | *The world population is still expanding which increases the pool of intelligence | ||
| + | *Time-binding is an idea championed by Alfred Korzybski which state that humans have the unique ability to compound their knowledge generation after generation. Each generation inherits the knowledge of the previous one, adds its own and passes it on. In this sense, each generation has more sophisticated ideas to operate on than the previous one. Buckminster Fuller had a similar idea, which he simply called "know-how". | ||
*The proposed [[advanced automation]] will result in freeing a greater percentage of the population to work on solutions to significant problems if they so wish. | *The proposed [[advanced automation]] will result in freeing a greater percentage of the population to work on solutions to significant problems if they so wish. | ||
Revision as of 02:19, 23 April 2010
We just haven't been using it as efficiently as we could be. Currently with activities such as design and engineering we have only relatively small groups of people collaborate in any meaningful way. The development of most things whether they be products, services, utilities or modern agricultural processes tend to be done behind closed doors. This means that compared to what is possible, progress is sporadic and slow. With the involvement of all interested parties and using open and transparent development processes, progress could be far quicker and more efficient. This would also significantly reduce the huge duplication of effort that happens today.
As well as potentially increasing the effectiveness of our current intelligence, total intelligence is growing constantly:
- Worldwide education is becoming more pervasive and of better quality, meaning that a much larger percentage of the world's population can effectively participate in developing solutions. The bulk of the world's population has, up until now, been in a situation where the sophisticated information gathered by humanity was inaccessible to them. Now, if cheap computers and wireless Internet can be spread to the 85% of humanity living in these countries, we open up a massive goldmine of ideas, invention, and innovation to advance humanity.
- The world population is still expanding which increases the pool of intelligence
- Time-binding is an idea championed by Alfred Korzybski which state that humans have the unique ability to compound their knowledge generation after generation. Each generation inherits the knowledge of the previous one, adds its own and passes it on. In this sense, each generation has more sophisticated ideas to operate on than the previous one. Buckminster Fuller had a similar idea, which he simply called "know-how".
- The proposed advanced automation will result in freeing a greater percentage of the population to work on solutions to significant problems if they so wish.
