Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer.
Why it does not work
The human mind is undergoing a world-wide transformation. After ages of sequential thinking (a process that started in Classical Greek times) we are moving towards a mode of mind that some call “inclusive”: a more holistic and non-sequential thinking.
von Neumann, revisited
PETER BELANGER/INTEL Intel’s Bold Plan to Reinvent Computer Memory (and Keep It a Secret) John von Neumann (during the Manhattan project, 1940-1945). Public domain, Link We all read John von Neumann’s groundbreaking paper “First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC” back when it was published in 1945, did we not (just joking)? You should. And […]
Computers are not about technology
The main problem of the technological focus of computers is precisely that: that it is seen as a technology. Because of that, technologically savvy people are attracted to it, and arising problems in all areas of life are discussed within a technological mindset. Our current society is very much coloured by technology. Johan Huizinga, a […]
The Live Domain
Prompted by an old discussion on Reddit (link expired), kicked off by the question: “Please explain OOP to me in the language of a five-year old”, I found myself musing on the reasons computing seems to stay stuck in the Middle Ages. It is not for lack of great minds or vision. In fact, I […]