20 - 002 Digital Human Author Rational

So why do I feel able to tackle this task of defining the Digital Human? Well firstly I am a 71 year old retiree with the time to spend thinking out this subject. Also I am at the wrong end of this life and I would like a few answers before my final exit. By profession I have not been a physicist or biologist or chemist but have spent my life as a digital technologist which is a fancy description for a computer professional. Over time it has become increasingly obvious that life is based upon some instructions and data that have many aspects that correlate well with the digital world of computers. So life is sort of digitally defined. The “sort of” qualifier is because it probably will not be digital in the way we currently think of digital. It will be something like digital but as they say it will not digital as we currently know it. So in terms of the trying to understand it the current best analogy comes from how our current digital world works. This is what gives this book its underlying theme or direction of travel. It takes my digital knowledge and experience applying them to the understanding of life. Just to add to the confusion for the reader the plan is to just blog all my thoughts and ideas here with the intention that one day the content can be structured into a book format. This is likely to be both a Paperback and an eBook possibly called the Digital Human. So whilst you are reading this in a blog my writing will refer to it being part of a book that has yet to be created and published. By writing it in a blog with no set plan I can say in all honesty I currently have no idea where I am going with the content. But what the blog will record is the random thoughts that I choose to record in a chronological way. Importantly there is no intention to feed an audience on a daily basis. The Digital Human is only one of many thought streams I am trying to digitally record since I have other blog ideas. It is about exploring and attempting to digitally record part of the contents of my study and attic which I have built up over my life in a modus operandi of “that could be useful one day”. Well the day has come where the books, notebooks and folders, containing vast amounts of cuttings and jottings are going to be digitised. Many have been stored away over many years and they are about to see the light of day. The blog subjects will be based upon what I uncover since I have not got a clue where I am headed. Some folders are over 50 years old. So if you are looking for structured thought I apologise. It’s a blog !!! Maybe if I ever get to the Paperback or eBook stage I can give you some structure but then it will cost you.