Think<\/em>. He says the growth of internet connectivity, the cloud, and maturing brain-computer interfaces will bring dramatic acceleration of mass genius. This includes both individual and collective intelligence. Not only will the world at large become smarter, each of us will become a genius.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMass Genius through Connectivity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The first factor Diamandis cited is connectivity<\/strong>. For most of history, he said, the greatest intellects have been squandered. Many were hindered by barriers of sex, race, ethnicity, class, and culture. Most, though, simply lacked means to communicate their insights to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe coffee houses founded in eighteenth century Britain and continental Europe played a critical role in destroying these barriers. In the coffee houses, people from all classes and vocations met to discuss ideas, debate them, and refine their own ideas based on the feedback they got from others. The intellectual ferment in the coffee house culture fostered the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concentrating population in large urban centers extended the idea generating power of the coffee house to many more people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diamandis says the internet is our current version of the eighteenth century coffee house and the urban center\u2013 but is many times more powerful than both. Our current networks need not be confined to our neighborhoods or our cities; they can now encompass the entire globe. More than four billion people now have internet connections. Soon all of us will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cloud and Brain-Computer Interfaces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The second factor, Diamandis says, is the<\/strong> cloud, <\/strong>which will be enhanced by brain<\/strong>–computer<\/strong> interfaces<\/strong>. The author says we will soon be able to upload our thoughts to the cloud, and download information directly to our brains. We then can bypass the usual cumbersome learning process. Research will become more efficient by several orders of magnitude, because it will be rooted in what Diamandis calls \u201cthe neurological basis for innovation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIs Diamandis right about this? We should certainly hope so. We wouldn\u2019t be burdened with so many selfies or cat videos on social media. We might even hear Joy Behar or Barbra Streisand say something sensible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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