ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses a computational theory of mind, whereby the mental life is likened to information processing and computation; emergent cultural properties, which are the deepest dimensions of culture; and international optimization through revised taxonomies and search engines. It presents a revised framework for optimizing international information systems. A computational theory of mind is useful for understanding culture. The chapter deals with a description of the latest general-purpose understanding of the mind, as seen through computation and specialization. It considers the adaptive unconscious, the conceptual and most ancient aspect of the mind, which serves as a kind of autopilot. The chapter offers preliminary considerations for achieving an international information system, organizational taxonomies, and retrieval algorithms. Optimizing international information systems depends on a sound intercultural theory of mind. Optimizing international information systems requires not only a reappraisal of culture but also a reworking of the structural and retrieval mechanisms that drive an online system.
