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The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops. Emergence results in the creation of novelty, and this novelty is often qualitatively different from the phenomenon out of which it emerged. Fritjof Capra (via inthenoosphere)
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Vincenzo Pacelli Says Knights of Malta Murdered Artist Caravaggio Apr 8, 2012 4:45 AM EDT Lead poisoning or syphilis? Neither killed Caravaggio, says a Naples professor in a new book. Instead, the master artist was slain and dumped in the sea by the Knights of Malta—with the Catholic Church’s blessing. Vincenzo Pacelli Says Knights of…
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But it moves: the New Aesthetic & emergent virtual taste | metaLAB (at) Harvard
But it moves: the New Aesthetic & emergent virtual taste | metaLAB (at) Harvard hat tip to notational, and several others, echoing and amplifying.
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prostheticknowledge: Demoscene – The Art of the Algorithms (2012) Great full-length documentary about the European Demoscene, a portrait of the creative digital subculture from 80s home computers to the current state: In the 1980’s, something changed the world forever. Computer technology, mostly due to the appearance of affordable Commodore 64’s, entered households worldwide, providing the…
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bashford: “By continuously harvesting energy from the environment, Wave Gliders are able to travel long distances, hold station, and monitor vast areas without ever needing to refuel. A unique two-part architecture and wing system directly converts wave motion into thrust, and solar panels provide electricity for sensor payloads. This means that Wave Gliders can travel…
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bashford: MachineDrawing DrawingMachines by Pablo Garcia – in which twelve drawings of historical drawing machines are drawn by a computer numerical controlled machine. The CNC machine draws each drawing in ink on Stonehenge artist’s paper. Edition of four. Plates: “Dürer’s Door”, Albrecht Dürer, 1525 Machine for Orthographic Projection, Hans Lencker, 1571 “Perspectograph” (Perspective Device), Baldassare…
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The question isn’t what happens to publishing — the entire category has been evacuated. The question is, what are the parent professions needed around writing? Publishing isn’t one of them. Editing, we need, desperately. Fact-checking, we need. For some kinds of long-form texts, we need designers. Will we have a movie-studio kind of setup, where…
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nevver: The Masters
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It’s difficult to understand just how big a deal this will be. Our (US) policy has been to certify nations which aid in the War On Drugs, and to attach trade and aid to certification. Nations who were not certified were to be labelled Pariah States and sanctions attached. This truth telling by Latin American…
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girl meets code: in brief…
girl meets code: in brief… girlmeetscode: i’m excited to gain coding skill and expertise, and impatient to begin experimenting and building with it. i intend to learn as quickly as possible, while also documenting as much of what i learn about learning about coding as possible. i will share my findings here, and sincerely hope…