Comments on: Informal Learning, Human Brains, & Cloud Computing http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/06/28/informal-learning-human-brains-cloud-computing/ Politics, Technology in Education, Art, Music, Life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:51:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Repost: Future of the Net & Anthropology of YouTube - Fleep’s Deep Thoughts http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/06/28/informal-learning-human-brains-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-12427 Repost: Future of the Net & Anthropology of YouTube - Fleep’s Deep Thoughts Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:12:11 +0000 http://fleeep.net/blog/?p=443#comment-12427 [...] Mike Wesch, author of another internet-famous video, The Machine is Us/ing Us. I mentioned this presentation a month or so ago and the video was finally posted last week. It was presented to the Library of [...] [...] Mike Wesch, author of another internet-famous video, The Machine is Us/ing Us. I mentioned this presentation a month or so ago and the video was finally posted last week. It was presented to the Library of [...]

]]> By: Jen http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/06/28/informal-learning-human-brains-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-9178 Jen Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:02:30 +0000 http://fleeep.net/blog/?p=443#comment-9178 I read your post Saturday but didn't get a chance to reply. It's always so comforting to meet someone who shares a similar thought process. I'm so glad you posted it in this format. My thoughts flow the same way, but I rarely document the process. There are a few other things I've come up with that affect this discussion. 1. Maybe these tools just suit the natural brain functions of some of us and before they existed, we just weren't using our minds productively. Maybe the tools facilitate the process we work best with anyway. From what I've observed, the people who tend to thrive in this environment, are those who've struggled their entire lives to figure out which side of the brain is dominant. So maybe our brain chemistry isn't changing, we've just found a scaffold to help us organize our thoughts. 2. There is not enough discussion about the design of these tools as they relate to brain function. I know many of them are created without regard to that, as they are developed for commercial purposes only, and any psychological consideration is centered around reward schedules. There is much to be said about value-sensitive design, and engineering applications with the intent to influence specific brain functions. Great post! I read your post Saturday but didn’t get a chance to reply. It’s always so comforting to meet someone who shares a similar thought process. I’m so glad you posted it in this format. My thoughts flow the same way, but I rarely document the process. There are a few other things I’ve come up with that affect this discussion.
1. Maybe these tools just suit the natural brain functions of some of us and before they existed, we just weren’t using our minds productively. Maybe the tools facilitate the process we work best with anyway. From what I’ve observed, the people who tend to thrive in this environment, are those who’ve struggled their entire lives to figure out which side of the brain is dominant. So maybe our brain chemistry isn’t changing, we’ve just found a scaffold to help us organize our thoughts.
2. There is not enough discussion about the design of these tools as they relate to brain function. I know many of them are created without regard to that, as they are developed for commercial purposes only, and any psychological consideration is centered around reward schedules. There is much to be said about value-sensitive design, and engineering applications with the intent to influence specific brain functions.
Great post!

]]> By: policywank http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/06/28/informal-learning-human-brains-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-9085 policywank Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:46:21 +0000 http://fleeep.net/blog/?p=443#comment-9085 Damn, Fleep, very thoughtful and interesting post. Have you read any of the stuff in the recent IEEE Spectrum about the singularity? I think there's some stuff in there that you would find interesting and somewhat related to your thoughts here. Damn, Fleep, very thoughtful and interesting post. Have you read any of the stuff in the recent IEEE Spectrum about the singularity? I think there’s some stuff in there that you would find interesting and somewhat related to your thoughts here.

]]> By: Igori http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/06/28/informal-learning-human-brains-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-9070 Igori Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:00:45 +0000 http://fleeep.net/blog/?p=443#comment-9070 great post - made me think about my own "social media universe/tools" and found some parallels to your thoughts. using the web makes me feel "more intelligent" .. being part of a collective form of intelligence .. the sum is more than it's parts :-) what I dream of is a more animated, space-oriented user interface for all this .. managing tabs and windows can't really be it! regarding videos in SL: since expression of avatars (mimics, gestures) is still very limited this is not very efficient for communication - I would rather stick to real videos (.. as the TED talks) to convey messages great post - made me think about my own “social media universe/tools” and found some parallels to your thoughts.

using the web makes me feel “more intelligent” .. being part of a collective form of intelligence .. the sum is more than it’s parts :-)

what I dream of is a more animated, space-oriented user interface for all this .. managing tabs and windows can’t really be it!

regarding videos in SL: since expression of avatars (mimics, gestures) is still very limited this is not very efficient for communication - I would rather stick to real videos (.. as the TED talks) to convey messages

]]> By: Terran Timeless http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/06/28/informal-learning-human-brains-cloud-computing/comment-page-1/#comment-9052 Terran Timeless Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:31:39 +0000 http://fleeep.net/blog/?p=443#comment-9052 Fleep, you've given me more to read and think about in the past 10 minutes than any individual has in a long time, perhaps due to the informal and friendly path you allowed me to share along the channels of your thought. thank you... Fleep, you’ve given me more to read and think about in the past 10 minutes than any individual has in a long time, perhaps due to the informal and friendly path you allowed me to share along the channels of your thought.
thank you…

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