Comments on: Mobile Structures http://quietbabylon.com/2009/cyborgs-and-architects-4/ Cyborgs, architects and our weird broken future. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:37:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nonymous 4 http://quietbabylon.com/2009/cyborgs-and-architects-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1610 Nonymous 4 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:20:11 +0000 http://www.quietbabylon.com/?p=551#comment-1610 Edit: It also reminds me of open vs closed networks. nomads thrive on an open network, they can skim of the top with out incurring a large data/infrastructure debt and move on. the cyborg, a good one anyway, is inherently decentralized. S/he is modifiable, and interacts with other systems taking in small improvements overtime, relying on long tail economics. The homesteader/architect is invested in the centrality of the project, the promise of a certain amount of stability. The cyborg is inherently transitory for it involves giving up a certain amount of humanity. Its a transformational attitude.<br><br>Of course I could be totally missing your point. I started reading your blog tonight, but i really like it and love that you reference Bruce Sterling, Shaping Things is a brilliant little book. Edit: It also reminds me of open vs closed networks. nomads thrive on an open network, they can skim of the top with out incurring a large data/infrastructure debt and move on. the cyborg, a good one anyway, is inherently decentralized. S/he is modifiable, and interacts with other systems taking in small improvements overtime, relying on long tail economics. The homesteader/architect is invested in the centrality of the project, the promise of a certain amount of stability. The cyborg is inherently transitory for it involves giving up a certain amount of humanity. Its a transformational attitude.

Of course I could be totally missing your point. I started reading your blog tonight, but i really like it and love that you reference Bruce Sterling, Shaping Things is a brilliant little book.

]]> By: Nonymous 4 http://quietbabylon.com/2009/cyborgs-and-architects-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1609 Nonymous 4 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:07:06 +0000 http://www.quietbabylon.com/?p=551#comment-1609 Well the important thing is the reliance on the structure. A mobile homesteader is still quite dependent on external domicile technology while the nomad internalizes tech. Architecture separates the external world from its end-user and creates an artificial other (environment ecology whatev). The nomad engages with foreign territories and adapts to them. <br><br>Obviously no real world example has lines so clear, but considering them as opposing forces, pervasive trends , that conflict on a basic premise of organization clears that up. It also makes the theory more extensible. Well the important thing is the reliance on the structure. A mobile homesteader is still quite dependent on external domicile technology while the nomad internalizes tech. Architecture separates the external world from its end-user and creates an artificial other (environment ecology whatev). The nomad engages with foreign territories and adapts to them.

Obviously no real world example has lines so clear, but considering them as opposing forces, pervasive trends , that conflict on a basic premise of organization clears that up. It also makes the theory more extensible.

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