2007
Roles
Father
Scholar
Achievements
I finally discovered what I wanted to be when I grew up - an Intelligence Engineer.
Standing at the very start of my lifes work was quite an experience. The motivation that I felt was frightening. There are scores of intellectual giants who have worked on this task and their contributions were both daunting and inadequate. The likelyhood of making a contribution of my own was infintesimal. But the prospect was intoxicating none-the-less. There was not a moment to loose. See Intelligence Engineering.
Developed a fast online epsilion machine algorythm.
Graduated from the AICD Company Directors Course
Major Activities
Explored the CSSR algorithm and opportunities for improvement.
Commenced an exploration of the Self-Organising Systems literature
Lived in New Zealand (6 months)
Moved to Wuyishan, Fujian, China.
Training
AICD Company Directors Course
Influential reading
Investigations - Stuart Kauffman - Oxford University Press - ISBN:0-19-512105-8
The Extended Phenotype - Richard Dawkins - Oxford University Press.
Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy - Evolution and Adaption. - Butler,A,B. & Hodos,W. - Wiley
Elements of Information Theory. - Cover,T.M. & Thomas,J.A. - Wiley Publications.
The Emotion Machine. - Minsky,M. - Simon & Schuster.
What is Life? - Schrodinger,E., D. - Cambridge University Press
Philosophical Investigations. - Wittgenstein,L. - Blackwell.
Engineering Self-Organising Systems 2005. - Brueckner,S. & Serugendo,G. & Hales,D. (eds) - Springer.
Engineering Self-Organising Systems 2006. - Brueckner,S. & Serugendo,G. & Hales,D. Franco Zambonelli,F. (eds) - Internet
Foundations of Genetic Programming. - Langdon,W. & Poli,R. - Springer.
The Architecture of Complexity. - Simon,H,A. - Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Seven Pillars of Wisdom. - Lawrence,T.E. - Anchor Books
Strategy. - Liddell,H. - Penguin Books
What We Believe but Cannot Prove - Brockman,J. - Harper Perennial.
Introduction to Graph Theory. - Chartrand,G. - Dover Publications
Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel. - Goldstein,R. - W. W. Norton & Company