Welcome to the World Mind Network. We employ the metaphor of Humanity
as one giant brain to explore new ways in which we can deeply
experience and learn about other people and phenomena in our Universe
as they exist now.
Our goal is to step back from an individual
perspective and take a ‘long view’ of the world as a whole, so as to
gain a snapshot view of what the planet is thinking, talking about,
doing, and exploring right now.
Many phenomena which formed
our collective past are still occuring today. The Big Bang is
still going on. Bacteria are dividing and growing as they have for
billions of years. Lifestyles which appeared in and are
associated with certain epochs are still going on today. You can view
all this via live streaming video, using a chronological
approach. As you work your way from top to bottom, clicking on images
to visit webcams and audio on this site, you are symbolically going
forward through time, re-tracing the journey that the molecules which
make up your body have already traversed.
Top Posts of the last 24 Hours
Live Webcams: what theWorld is doing right now
Country Forums: What
others are writing now
Exploring the Global Brain
World Mind Network
Participatory Experiments: What
the World is Exploring now
Anyone with a computer can join these studies which allow you to find
new galaxies, map a genome, build a stochastic model of climate change,
and even listen for radio signals from other life forms.
These can be blogs, social networks, or videos. They
represent actual voices of average citizens (not politicians
or journalists) from each country.
Big Bang
Sun
Aurora
Bacteria
monks praying
Japanese School
Galaxy Zoo- Classify galaxies for Oxford astrophysicists
Help French scientists address
the inverse protein folding problem
The Piraha language of the Amazon is one of the strangest tongues in
the world. It has no words for numbers above 2, no separate words for
mother and father, and no words for colors other than 'light' and 'dark'
Hi ob-aaxai kahai kai-sai "He really knows arrow-making"
Maltese is the only Semitic language written with Roman script.
Min ma jgarrabx il-hazin ma jafx it-tajjeb
"He who has no experience of evil can't know what is good."
List of Maltese blogs: blogmalta.ning.com
The Tongan language has 3 registers which consist of ordinary words
for common people, honorific words for chiefs, and regal words which
may be spoken only to the King or to God.
Ha'ele mai pea taumafa "Come and eat!" (when addressing a King)
10,000 people in Northern Alaska speak Inupiat.
Nakuuqsirugniglutit "Get well soon"
Ewe is a Niger-Congo language
spoken in Ghana, Benin, and Togo
Koklo ka koli dzi, eno fe atafu nue
wokena do. "A chicken that keeps scratching the dunghill will find the mother's bones"
(i.e, Dwelling in the Past brings sorrow)
Rare Language Forums
The WMN seeks to preserve endangered languages by
encouraging native speakers and others to employ them
in blogs and online discussion groups.
Bolivia
Online Education
Fair Trade sites of the Day
Helping
Free rice
Voices of the Elders
Artificial and
Natural Intelligence
Who the World consults
Gaining Knowledge
How-to Videos
About.com
How.com
Wikipedia.org
These members of the International Fair Trade Association create
authentic native products under safe conditions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, all of which are obtainable online.
Take the vocabulary quiz at Freerice.com
For every correct answer, they will donate twenty
grains of rice through the UN World Food Program.
Investigating Perception
Thousands of years ago, every village had
a 'Griot', or Shaman, or Wise One who preserved
the cultural traditions and wisdom of the tribe.
Some still exist today.
Meet LIVE with a philosopher (above)
or one of 30,000 other experts, from attorneys to wedding planners, who
will advise you online through
Liveperson.com. Also try elance.com,
guru.com, and Odesk.com (especially
for programmers and graphic artists).
What the World is Thinking Now
See and hear the gurgling pools at
the bottom of the crater at the
Aso volcano in Japan. It's a 24 hour
feed, so if it's dark, you'll still hear.
Track climate change by watching
the changing scene at this Antarctic
research station.
The James Reserve of the University
of California is an ecological observatory
which is in the forefront of Embedded
Network Sensing of natural phenomena.
They have many live webcams showing,
among other things, nesting birds.
Panda cam at the
San Diego zoo
Gorilla at
Barcelona zoo
Pyramidcam- live 24 view
of the Giza plateau
The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem,
last remnant of Solomon's Temple
Live webcam view, whether
running or stopped, of this
Swiss train which uses energy
efficient reverse hybrid drive
It's not always working (usually not)
but when it is you can hear conversations
from the International Space Station
Expertvillage.com is one of the best sites
for videos that can teach just about anything.
There are many ways interested amateurs
can help with legitimate scientific research.
You can lend your time, your skill, or even
your computer's excess CPU capacity to help
networks which address real problems. Here
are some worthy projects which need your help.
Click on the image to learn more.
Lend your computer's
excess CPU time to help
build the world's largest
climate model
How are human and animal
cognition similar? Open Source
Science is a public space for
managing complex experiments
in a way that provides open
access to all phases of research.
Malaria is one of the world's
deadliest diseases, killing a million
people yearly in Africa alone. With
this project, sponsored byAfrica@Home,
you can help improve stochastic
modeling of the natural history of
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria.
The SETI program at Berkeley
employs thousands of home
computers to track millions of
radio frequencies, hoping to
discover signs of intelligent life.
Einstein at home is a program
which enlists the aid of home
computers to analyze data
from the LIGO and GEO
gravitational wave detectors
to find spinning neutron stars.
Professors Hilbig and Schrader at the
University of Applied Sciences at Bielefeld,
Germany are investigating the properties
of nano-magnetic molecules which may
eventually be used to treat tumors and to
develop tiny computer memory modules.
Environmentalism starts at home
This Dutch house is a
world leader in using
automation to track and
minimize energy and water
usage, reduce costs, and
improve security. Click on
the image to see how
they do it.
globalonenessproject.org
Change.org
Care2.com
takingitglobal.org
poverty.com
Brumidi's 'Telegraph' is featured in
a history lesson from About.com
Wetpaint.com
Specialized Education Sites
Hyperhistory.com has a searchable archive with over 2000 files covering
3000 years of world
history, plus maps, charts, and photos.
Sciencehack.com features links to
hundreds of videos on science, (such
as this one on fireworks) each
reviewed by an expert authority.
The History of Art Virtual Library
(www.chart.ac.uk/vlib) has a
massive collection of links.
Cooliris.com and their '3D Wall' transform your
browser into a full-screen3D experience for
online photos and videos.
Crayon Physics is an ingenious game that somehow teaches you about drawing and gravity at the same time.
Mind Mapping software, like http://bubbl.us, is relatively
new, but Mind Mapping itself goes back at least to the
13th century, as you can see from Ramon Llull's "Arbre
de Filosofia d'Amor", an early example of a 'knowledge
tree' from 1298
Newer programs, like Mindmeister,
allow many online collaborators
to create Mind Maps concomitantly.
The age-old game of 20 questions reaches
Virtual Artificial Intelligence at 20q.net
Georgia
Pakistan
China
Iran
India
Russia
Abkhazia
Kenya
Iraq
Poland
Zimbabwe