Collective Intelligence without Real Steele?
November 24, 2012
I just read “The Emerging Science of ‘Collective Intelligence’ — and the Rise of the Global Brain.” Much of the information was familiar to me. How could an addled goose in rural Kentucky know anything about a “global brain.” As it turns out, the notion of a global brain has been talked about for a number of years. Google spits out a half million hits to the bound phrase “global brain.” I may have overlooked something in the article, but the phrase “global brain” is more closely associated in my mind with the prescient thinker Robert Steele. See for example this short list on Experience Festival. What is interesting to me about Mr. Steele’s approach is that he uses the concept within the intelligence work process. In my context, “intelligence” is not IQ. “Intelligence” is the profession of analyzing information for certain government purposes. I like the academic approach, but I relate to the professional application of the concept due to my interest in findability.
Stephen E Arnold, November 24, 2012
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