Exocortical Cognition: Heads in the Cloud - A transdisciplinary framework for augmenting human high-level cognitive processes

From a neurocentric perspective, H. sapiens-generated technology can be seen as our neocortex - primarily the prefrontal and sensorimotor cortices - extending and augmenting our physiological perceptual and motor structures by projecting itself into the external environment. Moreover, given our brain-based creation and subjective ranking of ideational importance, the emerging capability to directly enhance neurocognitive functionality presents a singularly foundational scientific and technological undertaking. Here I propose Exocortical Cognition (ECC) - a transdisciplinary augmented cognition framework based on a review of the literature, accelerating progress in and convergence of a range of independent areas of science and technology, and the application of technology forecasting techniques. If realized, Exocortical Cognition would significantly enhance human cognitive function and memory capacity while bridging the often-presumed gap between human and future machine intelligence.