I know that the concept of wearable computers has been around for a little bit and didn’t quite catch on, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad idea… the killer wearable computer hasn’t come yet.

I’ve read Society of Mind, Godel Escher Bach, and countless other books on cognition, intelligence, and AI. Concepts like “surface area”, “swarming agents”, and “data dimensionality” are glimpses of radical changes afoot in the way we interact with machines and data. The problem is right now you have to be a guru to hack it, and it’s probably not going to get easier any time soon.

The perfect interface will be grown like a crystal, not built like a cathedral. It will be insanely complex, but created by the operation of simple agents obeying simple rules, like in the computer game of life. Or like an ant’s nest. Or like Linux, digg, wikipedia, google, etc. etc. You get my drift, I’m sure.

It’s seems the only solution. When you think about it, it’s clear the interface will disappear about the same the networks become “intelligent”. Whatever that will end up being….

The ultimate interface would be a little box with a single red button; when pushed it would give you exactly what you need exactly when you need it. Then you could automate the push. Yipes.

Really enjoyed your blog, and looking forward to the next book!