Hank's 'Wikipedia in your brain' idea (2007)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2010) · last event: variation (2010-04-05)
In February 2007 Hank mused that it would be awesome to have Wikipedia in your brain; John built a thought experiment on it the next day, and in 2010 Hank returned to the idea as 'Google in your Brain'.
About: Wikipedia, The Matrix, Feed
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-02-20 | first use | Hank muses that it would be awesome if Wikipedia could be in your brain, capping it with The Matrix's 'I know Kung Fu'. (playful) | Brotherhood 2.0: February 20th: Computer Trouble 00:00:10 |
| 2007-02-21 | variation | Taking up Hank's 'Wikipedia in your brain' idea from his previous video (which commenters likened to Feed), John argues it would be awesome and builds a thought experiment on who could edit it. (playful) → refers to Brotherhood 2.0: February 20th: Computer Trouble | February 21st, 2007: The Wikipedia in Your Mind 00:00:51 |
| 2010-04-05 | variation | Under the title 'Google in your Brain', Hank returns to the internet-in-your-brain idea: accurate speech recognition combined with a bionic implant would change what it means to be a person. | Google in your Brain video title |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-02-21 · February 21st, 2007: The Wikipedia in Your Mind — John says two commenters on Hank's video from the day before said it reminded them of M. T. Anderson's novel Feed. — 00:00:10
- 2007-02-21 · February 21st, 2007: The Wikipedia in Your Mind — John says hardwiring the whole internet and television into an infant's brain is obviously bad, but that doesn't make Wikipedia inside your brain a bad idea. — 00:00:51
- 2007-02-21 · February 21st, 2007: The Wikipedia in Your Mind — John argues that having Wikipedia inside your brain would be 'sort of awesome'. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:51