Recently I've had Jeff Hawkins on the brain. That's because I've been thinking about this article from Fortune on Jeff Hawkins called "How Do You Think the Brain Works?" It has excited me at so many levels and I'd love to talk to you about it. (If you aren't a Fortune subscriber, email me and I'll let you borrow my login.)
First, it's got to do with the latest theory on one of my favorite subjects, the brain, and second, it talks about how the brain works, specifically, its intelligence. (He's written a book called "On Intelligence". Here's a free excerpt from the book's website.)
Third, the theory is a scientific theory gaining respect from top nueroscientists, even though Hawkins is a Silicon Valley millionaire legend in the technology market. He pursued this interest while he ran Palm (is in the Palm Pilot handheld) and later, Handspring.
Fourth, it weaves in theories of language and creativity and artificial intelligence and how business should get started on developing "intelligent systems" now.
Oh my, I could go on and on. Why don't you read it yourself (about a 10-minute read) and let me know what you think about it. What stood out for you?
Jeff is focused, it seems, on single brains.
Kpedia represents the intelligence you can get when multiple brains are connected together in a community.