We Are Skynet - The Homosapiens Superorganism
In my last note, I talked about extra-somatic knowledge. Transmitting data without genes. Transmitting data between humans instantly instead of through generations.
Language and social customs developed as a result of the human ability to transfer extra-somatic knowledge, but it really didn't take off until around 1436 with the printing press.
That's only 573 years! As our ability to communicate improved and the speed of that communication increased, we began to see major advancements in knowledge.
Just a scant two hundred years ago, it still took the better part of a persons life to achieve anything because our ability to communicate was still restricted by spatial relationships (distance between individuals) and often there was a language barrier.
Today, we have people in all disciplines, from all nationalities and many different languages, collaborating in real time on projects that once would have been unthinkable.
Twitter, Facebook, MySpace. It all leads to one unavoidable conclusion.
The hyper-intelligent species that was to be born of humanities technology is us. We are facing a major step in our development as a species. We are now on the edge of harnessing untold knowledge and advancement.
We've become a superorganism never before seen on this planet.
We have become Skynet
Language and social customs developed as a result of the human ability to transfer extra-somatic knowledge, but it really didn't take off until around 1436 with the printing press.
That's only 573 years! As our ability to communicate improved and the speed of that communication increased, we began to see major advancements in knowledge.
Just a scant two hundred years ago, it still took the better part of a persons life to achieve anything because our ability to communicate was still restricted by spatial relationships (distance between individuals) and often there was a language barrier.
Today, we have people in all disciplines, from all nationalities and many different languages, collaborating in real time on projects that once would have been unthinkable.
Twitter, Facebook, MySpace. It all leads to one unavoidable conclusion.
The hyper-intelligent species that was to be born of humanities technology is us. We are facing a major step in our development as a species. We are now on the edge of harnessing untold knowledge and advancement.
We've become a superorganism never before seen on this planet.
We have become Skynet