[ExI] sanity and connectedness, was: RE: list test
David Lubkin
lubkin at unreasonable.com
Mon Jul 29 15:07:39 UTC 2013
Spike wrote:
>I want that, only I want Google Glass (or
>equivalent) to identify the beast and do some
>kind of image recognition and find the site,
>then tell me the information in my ear so my
>eyes are free to observe and my hands are free
>to manage the camera. I want to have something
>analogous to a really well-informed entomology
>professor with me at all times, only better: I
>want one who can hike as well as I can, and see
>as well as I can, but be a thousand times
>smarter about bugs. Thats all I really
>want. When we get that, it will be the next
>step, equivalent to how it was when we first got
>the web. Now you computer jockeys and internet hipsters, how do I get that?
Easy. Ask me to introduce you to my sister, the
entomologist. But don't get fresh; she's married
to a combat veteran twice your size.
Now, I realize you have curiosities beyond
entomology. But the solution generalizes. There
are twelve more of us siblings, and our expertise has little overlap.
Being a little less silly for a moment, I think
it's likely that any question you might have with
a known answer can be answered by someone in your
extended network. While I'm a big fan of recorded
knowledge the sagging of my floors alone will
confirm this and automated search, being able
to tap a billion minds in near-realtime is pretty powerful.
I suppose at some point the distinction may disappear.
-- David.
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