The Invention of Systems
What would happen if one were to take the argument that the world is one big, intricate network a little too seriously? How would such a person talk about things?
The World Is a Network
Daily life is like paying to go to an amusement park, only to walk straight past all the rides and get out.
We regularly miss the best parts. We see without seeing, wander without wondering, and turn the time we spend in this inconceivably deep world into a jagged but linear route from B to D.
Yet it would be so easy to do otherwise!...
We regularly miss the best parts. We see without seeing, wander without wondering, and turn the time we spend in this inconceivably deep world into a jagged but linear route from B to D.
Yet it would be so easy to do otherwise!...
Differences, Contraptions, and a Ripple Universe
Back in university I studied physics and astronomy. Whenever someone asked me why I'd chosen that as my major, I mentioned that scene at the end of The Matrix where...