http://www.adambohannon.org/are-we-entering-the-cognitive-age/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.adambohannon.org/are-we-entering-the-cognitive-age/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Strange Legacy » The Nature of Human Intelligence Sat, 03 May 2008 21:08:55 +0000 http://abo46n2.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-32 [...] For the sake of argument I’ll stick with a very simple, and probably incomplete definition; intelligence is an individual’s capacity to receive and process information in useful ways.  With this in mind, the question I would rather consider is this: “What makes one person more [...] [...] For the sake of argument I’ll stick with a very simple, and probably incomplete definition; intelligence is an individual’s capacity to receive and process information in useful ways.  With this in mind, the question I would rather consider is this: “What makes one person more [...]

]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/are-we-entering-the-cognitive-age/comment-page-1/#comment-34 abo46n2 Sat, 03 May 2008 21:04:23 +0000 http://abo46n2.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-34 Thanks for pointing out Shirky's post, hadn't seen that - love what he says about social lubricant. If gin was the lubricant for social change during the industrial revolution and television was the lubricant for social change in post-war America, what will be the lubricant for social change in the information age? Thanks for pointing out Shirky’s post, hadn’t seen that – love what he says about social lubricant. If gin was the lubricant for social change during the industrial revolution and television was the lubricant for social change in post-war America, what will be the lubricant for social change in the information age?

]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/are-we-entering-the-cognitive-age/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Greg Brown Sat, 03 May 2008 20:09:59 +0000 http://abo46n2.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-33 Michael Lewis expressed a similar sentiment in one of his books, <a href="http://weblog.raganwald.com/2008/04/why-we-are-biggest-obstacle-to-our-own.html" rel="nofollow">as recounted here</a>. I suppose "crystalized intelligence" could be synonymous to the "self", given how the latter is largely a perspective on how we view the world which is necessarily informed by the framework of concepts we've built to deal with it. Lewis characterized fluidity as a fantastic tool to deal with industry-overturning paradigm-shifts (to use an icky phrase), but the pulse is quickening and similar shifts occuring so often as to blur together these days. It's really rather stressful, which is why I'm dubious of <a href="http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html" rel="nofollow">Shirky's implication that our "social surplus" will eventually be freed</a> from the coping mechanisms it's currently invested in. Michael Lewis expressed a similar sentiment in one of his books, as recounted here. I suppose “crystalized intelligence” could be synonymous to the “self”, given how the latter is largely a perspective on how we view the world which is necessarily informed by the framework of concepts we’ve built to deal with it. Lewis characterized fluidity as a fantastic tool to deal with industry-overturning paradigm-shifts (to use an icky phrase), but the pulse is quickening and similar shifts occuring so often as to blur together these days. It’s really rather stressful, which is why I’m dubious of Shirky’s implication that our “social surplus” will eventually be freed from the coping mechanisms it’s currently invested in.

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