Omneuron: pioneering inner space

I’ll confess I’ve done it. I’ve stood next to a mirror with my shirt off after a workout, examining my arms and my abs, comparing them to the photo of the fitness model in the Soloflex manual. I’ll even confess that I’ve done it over weeks at a time—observing meticulously to watch for the development of a new ridge on my triceps or a new contour on my stomach, all the while visually referencing the model image for how it’s “supposed” to look.

Now imagine this: instead of watching the development of your body toward some fitness ideal, what if you could watch the development of your brain toward an ideal of personal character and mind? Yes, you read that correctly—what if you could watch your brain develop—from the inside?

Singularity University and transformation

You may be aware already about Singularity University (SU), an extraordinarily unique experiment in convergence sciences that is—as far as I know—an unprecedented initiative to seriously engage a community of young thinkers and plug them into the financial power of corporate backing in order to affect change in the world. As a point of reference, here is a link to the official report on the first week of the University:

http://singularityu.org/news/2009/07/singularity-university-successful-first-week/

The crowning focal point for SU is the challenge for the student teams to create a project by the summer’s end which would—if carried through—affect one billion people (10^9) in one decade. The initiative is known as the 10^9+ project (pronounced “ten to the ninth plus.”)