Whuffie Stream
June 2010
17 posts
“The idea that innovation, whether scientific, technological, or architectural, is a by-product of artistic chance or a result of singular genius can no longer be sustained in the 21st century. Complexity theory reveals that innovation— the creation of the new— is the direct result of bottom-up evolutionary processes. Science knows this; industry is learning. Architecture is just beginning to engage the concept.
In order to move into this space of innovation, architects will have to accept the value of multiplicity and dynamic feedback over the retrograde nature of authority. They will have to accept that architecture might not be about essences and theoretical positions, but rather about exchanges of techniques, expertises and materialities in multiple industries. They will have to accept that the architecture is no longer a heroic center, but one micro-intelligence among many. They will have to let go and begin to love the swarm.
Through the ambient exchange of technologies and tools, members of new collectives may find themselves suddenly more agile and resilient, not only through their expanded network, but also through their own learning and transformation in the process. For architectural practice, what is at stake is more than a reorganization of heirarchies in architectural organizations, but rather the birth of an entirely revolutionary way of thinking about the production of ideas in general.” —
In order to move into this space of innovation, architects will have to accept the value of multiplicity and dynamic feedback over the retrograde nature of authority. They will have to accept that architecture might not be about essences and theoretical positions, but rather about exchanges of techniques, expertises and materialities in multiple industries. They will have to accept that the architecture is no longer a heroic center, but one micro-intelligence among many. They will have to let go and begin to love the swarm.
Through the ambient exchange of technologies and tools, members of new collectives may find themselves suddenly more agile and resilient, not only through their expanded network, but also through their own learning and transformation in the process. For architectural practice, what is at stake is more than a reorganization of heirarchies in architectural organizations, but rather the birth of an entirely revolutionary way of thinking about the production of ideas in general.” —
Emergent Models of Architectural Practice
Tom Wiscombe
(via hexapod)
Perhaps financial rewards for individual achievement must give way to Whuffie like social acknowledgment/credit for group achievements?
tlow:
Lauren Weinstein’s Blog: White House Proposes Vast Federal Internet Identity Scheme
Opposition must begin today.
and this is why we the people must build a whuffie system…
Cory Doctorow's "For the Win" →
terranova.blogs.com
First things first: Have you read sci-fi-novelist/cyber-rights-polemicist Cory Doctorow’s latest, For the Win? And if not, why on earth are you reading this blog instead? Seriously: Most of what you could learn from seven years’ worth of Terra Novan scribblings on the meanings of virtual economies, the seductions of MMOs, and the emergence of digital play as a global socioeconomic force can be learned more quickly and more pleasurably from this gripping tale of epic, continent-hopping virtual class struggle — a “young adult” thriller for the young adult in all of us (or perhaps the budding games scholar in every young adult) starring that unlikeliest of literary heroes and most culturally fraught of online-gaming personae, the Chinese gold farmer.
Virgin America Offers Free Flights to Twitter Influencers →
mashable.com
Thus signaling the age of internet driven social capital…
Social Media, Social Capital and the Future of Capitalism →
newcommbiz.com
”..our society has been so focused on the monetary value that we’ve been ignoring social capital..”
California Considers Selling Ads on Digital License Plates →
feedproxy.google.com
The California DMV might soon issue digital license plates that display ads when a vehicle is not in motion, as a means to draw in revenue to battle the state’s high deficit.
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Great time today at the Barnes & Noble Writer’s group in Boise, Idaho (DM me if you interested in visiting)
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Officers Can Just Guess How Fast You’re Going | autoinsane →
autoinsane.com
“Supreme Court Justice Maureen O’Connor said “Rational triers of fact could find a police officer’s testimony regarding his unaided visual estimation of a vehicle’s speed, when supported by evidence that the officer is trained, certified by (the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy) or a similar organization, and experienced in making such estimations, sufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant’s speed. Independent verification of the vehicle’s speed is not necessary to support a conviction for speeding.”
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Quid Pro Quo for totalitarian regimes.
