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Feb 06
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Nov 26
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Nov 08
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Software’s Evolution Mimics Natural Competition
Don’t take it too personally the next time a friend, coworker, or customer says your software sucks. You see each time our code is released into the wild, it faces fierce competition in fulfilling the needs of many potential users. Although you (may have) optimized your library for a specific application(s) (homologous to a natural environment), it may not have sufficient fitness to survive in other virtual ecosystems. In addition expectations may be far different than what your software currently provides, either functionally (works like crap) or visually (looks like crap). Continue reading »
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May 28
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Neural Interfaces May Teach Us More About Consciousness
The key to our consciousness may not be the brain itself, but the waves that continually travel throughout the structure. Much like highways, our complex neural networks are simply infrastructure for our electromagnetic (and chemical) thought waves to traverse and interact. By focusing our learning about brain waves, neural interface devices will help us understand what gives us a sense of consciousness. In addition the potential for replicating artificial infrastructure exterior to our bodies, but accessible to our conscious minds could be possible. Yeah I know, it’s a far out idea but consider our brain’s division. It is composed of two main hemispheres and multiple clusters, and there is somewhat redundant data storage in various portions of our mind. Yet with all these interacting clusters, we have one consciousness.
Mind Outside of Body
As our body functions via gene regulatory networks, our consciousness emerges from an incredible complex network of signals. If network signals are the source of our sense of consciousness, what does this imply about the restriction on where our minds can dwell? While imagining this thought experiment, I considered potential requirements for a functioning external environment that the mind could spread to. Any extension to our mind would require similar brain-like infrastructure to our own physical brain: Continue reading »
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May 17
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Start From the Beginning And Focus on People
Any large organization will consist of a framework that should be dynamic enough to allow for efficient change but stable enough to provide it’s members with a sense of direction. The most important aspect when starting out is to continually be aware that any large organization while designed with a given architecture, is ultimately composed of individuals. Think of the “business plan” as the coarse direction that your organizations true life blood (people) will flow about. Be aware as your organization grows different folks with their own selfish interests and independent perspectives will be filling needs. It’s your job to make sure that you invite and accept members that will work in harmony with the current community and are excited about the direction your organization is going.
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May 12
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Idea Blazer Kevin Kelly Challenges Us To Imagine The Direction of Evolution
After having spent some time enjoying the blog of author Kevin Kelly, I couldn’t resist posting about his recent tour de force, Ordained-Becoming. I shamelessly admit to not reading everything Kevin has written (I failed to find the time to even complete the first of two parts of Ordained-Becoming!). When I
do find a moment to read his work, I find it’s best to take a single post of his and carefully dig in. Although I have chosen to touch on only a few of the concepts from that work, should you have any interest in the subject of evolution at all, I highly recommend the read. You can find it in my current favorite of his blogs, The Technium (although I’m still fascinated with his series on The Swarm). The story told discusses a potential direction for evolution. Continue reading »
