What's Jerry's Brain?
Why don't we know what we know?
Here's Jerry's live Brain, with completely up-to-date information, open 24x7 without charge.
For over 26 years, Jerry has been curating everything he sees that he deems worth remembering into one giant mind map. From Cocktail Recipes to Places Experimenting with Income Guarantees, with stops at Types of Feminism, Big Questions, and Causes of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, it's all in here. And more. Over half a million nodes more.
Jerry's Brain has appeared on NPR, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Doug Rushkoff's Present Shock and the Harvard Business Review. Despite that attention, it's still a well-kept secret.
THINKING BIG
Facets of Jerry's Brain
Huge
It's the largest known, handmade, publicly available mind map. Over 580K nodes, connected by 1.2mm links, crafted over 26 years. And still going strong.
Context
Ted Nelson said, "Everything is deeply intertwingled." Experience it here, with everything worth remembering for over a quarter century, all woven in context.
Passion
Some people make dioramas out of used toothpicks. Others refurbish typewriters. Jerry curates what he knows into this one map, every day.
Open
Jerry's Brain is available for you to browse, 24x7, free of charge. It is also open for collaborative sensemaking experiments.
Start of a Global Mind
Could this be the start of a global, mycelial, shared mind?
Time
Knowledge should accumulate. This is what happens when knowledge accumulates well.
Memory
Where'd I put that? What if you had a system that made that question obsolete?
Solutions
This mind map contains solutions to many of the world's problems.
Personal
This is Jerry's window on the world, as a passionate amateur on most topics.
You should Pick Jerry's Brain. Really.
If you know who Paul Erdös was, this short video explaining my two brains may amuse you.