# Thought Can Extend Beyond Brain Place and Time by Peter Schwartz > "The modern Internet has achieved much of what Ted Nelson articulated decades ago in his vision of the Xanadu project or Doug Englebart in his human augmentation vision at SRI. Nearly all useful knowledge is now accessible instantaneously from much of the world. Our effective personal memories are now vastly larger, essentially infinite. Our identity is embedded in what we know. And how I think is an expression of that identity. For me the Internet has led over time to that deep sense of collaboration, awareness and ubiquitous knowledge that means that my thought processes are not bound by the meat machine that is my brain, nor my locality nor my time." > **— Peter Schwartz**, *2010, Edge Annual Question, “How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Direct Edge response and surrounding essay:** [MY THOUGHT PROCESSES ARE NOT BOUND BY THE MEAT MACHINE THAT IS MY BRAIN, NOR MY LOCALITY NOR MY TIME](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11534) — Edge published this passage in its 2010 Annual Question collection, *How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?*. The full response preserves the qualifications and argument surrounding this exact extract. - **Complete local collection index:** [[research/Edge 2010 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2010 Full Quotation Curation]] — retained source-first archive record for the complete yearly response cohort. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Art is Long|The Art is Long]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|Neuroinformatics Standards]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Knowledge Graph|Knowledge Graph]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Cognitive Exteriorization|Cognitive Exteriorization]] - [[wiki/Virtual Memory|Virtual Memory]] - [[wiki/Digital Continuity|Digital Continuity]] - [[wiki/Co-Creative Substrate|Co-Creative Substrate]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The modern Internet has achieved much of what Ted Nelson articulated decades ago in his vision of the Xanadu project or Doug Englebart in his human augmentation vision at SRI. Nearly all useful knowledge is now accessible instantaneously from much of the world. Our effective personal memories are now vastly larger, essentially infinite. Our identity is embedded in what we know. And how I think is an expression of that identity. For me the Internet has led over time to that deep sense of collaboration, awareness and ubiquitous knowledge that means that my thought processes are not bound by the meat machine that is my brain, nor my locality nor my time." — Peter Schwartz, 2010, Edge Annual Question, “How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-peter-schwartz-thought-beyond-brain-place-time ```