I believe Cyborganize will transform the world. It holds the potential to liberate man from the chains of sullen stupidity that have bound him to mammalian herd dynamics for millenia. However, I also expect adoption to be very slow.
In my opinion, Cyborganize is the first step towards genuine Intelligence Augmentation. When mind-machine interfaces are developed, they will use the Cyborganize algorithm.
Until the human mind is genetically engineered and/or uploaded into silicon, basic human mental mechanics will remain unchanged. We will be severely limited in both long-term and working memory. Our left and right brain functions will work differently. Until then, the Cyborganize algorithm will hold.
Here is my list of major milestones in the info-processing history of mankind, and future milestones on the critical path to technological singularity:
- Warm blood, live birth
- Mammalian social brain
- Opposable thumbs
- Tongue, palate, diaphragm, and other speech apparatus
- Advanced neocortex
- Intelligent tool use
- Advanced verbal language
- Fire
- Agriculture
- Money
- Writing
- Paper
- Alphabet
- Mathematics
- Printing press – Gutenberg
- Electricity & Lighting – Alessandro Volta, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison
- Keyboard & Typewriter – Christopher Sholes
- Cathode ray tube – Boris Rosing, Ferdinand Braun
- Computer – Alan Turing, Charles Babbage
- High-level computer language – John Backus
- Silicon chip – Jack Kilby, Robert Noyce
- Computer mouse and GUI – Douglas Engelbart
- Computer networking – (multiple)
- Personal computer – Henry Edward Roberts
- Internet – Tim Berners-Lee
- Advanced web search – Larry Page, Sergey Brin
- Cyborganize & GTD – Joseph Buchignani, David Allen
- (Today)
- Immersive ergonomic virtual interface
- Mind-machine interface
- Digital Intelligence Augmentation
- Genetic Intelligence Augmentation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Singularity
The above list heavily emphasizes the info processing aspect of progress, because I believe that intelligence is the only significant constraint on growth.
Here is a partial list of influences on Cyborganize.
Programs:
- Supermemo and its creator Piotr Wozniak (a wild inspiring vision, but horribly mangled in reality)
- GTD and David Allen (canonical theory for the paper era)
- BrainStormWFO (the necessary tool, not properly understood by its creators or community)
- Emacs Org-Mode (3rd attempt)
- Ultra Recall (2nd attempt)
- OneNote (1st attempt)
- RescueTime (for feedback)
- MoodTracker (for feedback)
- MS Project (understanding task dynamics)
- Evernote (chron tape concept)
- Highrise (how a good CRM system works)
- Remember the Milk (utility of separate dedicated GTD systems)
- Gmail tagging with Greasemonkey (taught me all info must be cleared, not just tagged, i.e. inbox zero)
- WordPress (the perfect longform CMS)
- Wikidot (a convenient little wiki, eventually discarded for TiddlyWiki)
- TiddlyWiki (current first choice for a wiki)
- Many other tried and discarded productivity tools and apps (for general workflow inspiration)
Books, Blogs & Authors:
- The Four Hour Workweek, Tim Ferriss (driving for greater simplicity and lower overhead)
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey (qualitative emphasis -> organic longform loop)
- Steve Pavlina (good productivity principles)
- Lifehacker, Gina Trapani (a constant stream of productivity tools and tips)
- Pragmatic Thinking and Learning, Andy Hunt (r-mode and l-mode paradigm, critically important)
- Blink, Malcolm Gladwell (greater appreciation for r-mode, less emphasis on l-mode brute force sorting)
- Mind Performance Hacks, Ron Hale-Evans (general insight into mental functioning)
- How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler (calibrating the enormity of my intellectual goals and info processing needs. Also his Western canon series.)
- Wikipedia (the concept of a comprehensive personal knowledge wiki)
- Steve Blank (pivot concept)
- Don Colacho’s Aphorisms (lessons in the power of pith, possibility of extreme info condensation)
- The Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan (importance of mind moving forward principle)
I’m sure there are more influences I should’ve listed, so I’ll try to add more over time.