A map of human brain neuron-to-neuron connections.
Map of European city-to-city internet connections, 2007
There are more neural connections in your brain right now than stars in the entire universe. The average human brain has 10 trillion (10,000,000,000,000) synaptic connections, allowing us to look at a total stranger and think, “he looks like my Uncle Bob” or smell rosemary and remember a house we rented in college. Those connections are responsible for our memory, our learning, our advancement as a species and perhaps most importantly, our advancement as individuals.
The internet is founded upon a model that closely mirrors our brains. The potential for connectivity is infinite.
But, like the brain of a person that never leaves the house, never encounters new things, never reaches out to connect with others—the internet is limited by its operators. And that’s you.
When was the last time you reached beyond your network to learn something new? What happened? Tell me about it!
