The Human Operating System - Part I
Computer technology advances with spectacular speed. Following and perhaps surpassing Moore's law, computers double in speed and capacity every 18 months. This has been true since 1967 when Gordon Moore, one of Intel's founders first predicted it.
As always technology impacts the ways we live our lives. So, in step with technology, the speed of living has quickened over the last decades. More technology, more information, more decisions, more of everything.
Humans adapt. Now we're adapting to the barrage of information and decisions we need to integrate and handle each day. Not surprisingly, some of the greatest models for handling and succeeding in this new cultural landscape comes from the very thing that's forced it upon us - computers.
Running today's computer programs, today's software and applications on an operating system from a decade ago would be ridiculous. So corporations update and release new computers, new processors, and new operating systems.
And although the cultural changes have developed different neurological configurations into us - into humans, what's most important right now is that we start developing an intentional, universally accepted, used, taught and trained human operating system - an HOS.
It's not so much desire as necessity that's driven the evolution of our species. Now necessity is forcing us to become better at running our own nervous systems. The place to start is with conversation and experimentation with operating ourselves, with our own operating systems.
To be healthy, successful and satisfied today and tomorrow, we need to take an interest in developing our personal operating systems to cope with and benefit from the Information Age and all it brings.
As always technology impacts the ways we live our lives. So, in step with technology, the speed of living has quickened over the last decades. More technology, more information, more decisions, more of everything.
Humans adapt. Now we're adapting to the barrage of information and decisions we need to integrate and handle each day. Not surprisingly, some of the greatest models for handling and succeeding in this new cultural landscape comes from the very thing that's forced it upon us - computers.
Running today's computer programs, today's software and applications on an operating system from a decade ago would be ridiculous. So corporations update and release new computers, new processors, and new operating systems.
And although the cultural changes have developed different neurological configurations into us - into humans, what's most important right now is that we start developing an intentional, universally accepted, used, taught and trained human operating system - an HOS.
It's not so much desire as necessity that's driven the evolution of our species. Now necessity is forcing us to become better at running our own nervous systems. The place to start is with conversation and experimentation with operating ourselves, with our own operating systems.
To be healthy, successful and satisfied today and tomorrow, we need to take an interest in developing our personal operating systems to cope with and benefit from the Information Age and all it brings.
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