The Idea Singularity is a simple concept about the way in which we process and “move” information around us. Information leads to thoughts, and thoughts lead to ideas. The Idea Singularity is about all of these “flows” of information that are critical to making us assess what is around us… ‘editing’ would be another good way of stating this.
The Idea Singularity is sustained and grows from the influx of information that we are constantly being bombarded with. This includes such things as:
- Our Social Media & Social Networking feeds such as Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, etc.
- Insights into search data from around the world, such as Google Insights and Google Zeitgeist.
- Trends and trendwatching to discover what is actually something that is forward looking, or merely just a simple observation of something out of the ordinary.
- Social information related to how we continue to build our own personal online existence, posting photos on Facebook, working with your circle of friends in Google Plus, Your Myspace feed for music, etc.
- Public (crowdsourcing) venture funds that allow people to participate in funding the next big thing, all without the hassles of being an official Angel Investor or Venture Capital Investor.
- Idea Merchants, where the commodity is information, such as Wikipedia, Consultants, etc. The idea merchant is the new currency of distributing and “selling” of intellectual capital.
- Tag clouds that seem to define, in a specific moment in time, what information is important and what people are looking for at any given time.
- Search feeds that provide ancillary type information that allows us to learn something new, discover, or simple just fill in some additional information that we are looking for.
All of these concepts feed into the concept of developing a single point idea that allows us to see inside the mind of us all. We can then utilise these ideas and thoughts into business concepts and future development, where ever that may take us. Trend-casting, if you will- not just Trend Watching, but Trend “doing”. Not just a simple observation, but rather actionable ideas that we can enable. Information and data is what is moving us towards this physical manifestation of cloud computing, yet this is the next stage of cloud computing, but on a more human side, a thinking side, not just a data storage and retrieval side. The ideas are the keys to the actual, practical information. As it stands, the biggest storage of information only conveys the information, not the idea… this is where the potential lies for us to discover and to explore.
The Idea Singularity Project has started with a simple news feed that allows some of the higher levels of information to get to you. The stories are wide and varied – those that seem to be information that is worthy of continuing the discussion, where ever that may be. We will continue to gather information to help it coalesce into ideas for all of us. A new way of thinking. A new way of enabling. It is all part of “Kanzuru” or a way of thinking. It is refreshing in its ordinance.
Take a look, subscribe, tweet, whatever it takes to continue to spread the Idea. Spread your #onebigidea. The Idea Singularity Project is about the moment that the information surrounding us becomes the idea. An idea worth enabling.
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