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This is my personal Wikipedia. This is everything I know!
Welcome to my research note. I grew up reading The Encyclopedia of Absolute and Relative Knowledge and envisioned a single source of truth just like it that integrated my projects and research. I am thrilled to present you with the incarnation of this vision.
Extracranial: The Exosuit for Superbrains and a superset of Memex
In As We May Think, Vannevar Bush, a legendary scientist, describes Memex as
an electromechanical device enabling individuals
* to develop comprehensive research libraries
* to create and follow associative trails of links and annotations
* to recall these trails at any time
* to share them with other researchers
This idea would later be implemented as the Internet. However, I, Sunghyun Cho, felt that the Internet helps keep records of humanity but is insufficient for capturing the individual's brain. Therefore, this website, Project Aldehyde, aims to create a superset of Memex.
Therefore, this website is
+ A practical implementation of
an electromechanical device enabling individuals
* to develep comprehensive research libraries
* to create and follow associative trails of links and annotations
* to recall these trails at any time
* to share them with other researchers
+ * in order to contain every single idea of Sunghyun Cho
Thus, the name Extracranial, — The Exosuit for Superbrains.
Before Everything
My opinions on various topics have changed significantly over time, and in some cases, I now hold the exact opposite view compared to when I originally wrote certain articles. I am open to changing my mind and welcome persuasive arguments that challenge my current beliefs. This process of constant re-evaluation is an essential part of my intellectual growth.
Please understand that this Wikipedia serves as a record of my thoughts at specific moments in the past. Many of my older articles contain opinions that no longer align with my current perspectives, outdated information, or incorrectly understood facts. As such, I prefer not to have my old articles brought up, as they do not accurately represent my present stance on the issues discussed. Keep this in mind when reading my earlier works.
Tech Stacks
I use Obsidian for taking notes. I then pipeline those notes into heavily customized TypeScript Docusaurus with custom React components. I finally use AWS Fargate and FlightControl for deploying, caching, and distributing. I open-sourced it on GitHub. Take a look! 😃