The Four Elements of Human Enhancement

No matter how good the software is, it is useless if people don’t understand how to use it.

• Tokyo Metropolitan University Special Lecture on Information and Communication 2017 and other recurring themes.

Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework” (1962)

Four elements of human increase -1: Artifacts -2: Language -3: Methodology -4: Training

• Four elements of human enhancement -1: Artifacts (e.g., software) -2: Language -3: Methodology -4: Training

Software is not the only way to enhance - creating software (artifacts) is not the only way to enhance - creating words to help people think - verbalizing and systematizing “how to do things” - and educating people on how to use them. And educate people on how to use them.

Four elements of human enhancement -1: Artifacts -2: Language -3: Methodology -4: Training ← Use 13 Training of skillsupNo matter how good the software is, it is useless unless people understand how to use it

• Human Augmentation

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