One human = 50 Trillion (cellular) “brains” ?
“…The imagination is grounded in the energy of the organs of the body…” – Joseph Campbell I have always been skeptical of the brain in the vat thought experiment that poses that a brain in a container being fed electrical pulses will mirror human consciousness. One of the reasons is that I believe that this […]
Read moreIn defense of information architecture
Road signs, grocery stores labeling systems, directories, time tables, train schedules, books, flight charts, maps, libraries, databases, buildings, etc. Iniformation architecture (IA) has been around for a while outside of computer interfaces. Lately there is a rumor about “the death of IA” The typical process of information architecture (hierarchical structures) was disrupted by innovations, such […]
Read moreA concept of the human network
I have been thinking about a diagram to represent a wider human network taxonomy than what I am used to thinking about. It may look something like this (from micro to macro)(a semi-non-linear taxonomy): – Subatomic systems – Atomic systems – Electro-chemical systems – Cell-subsystems – Cells systems – Network of cells – Tissue systems […]
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February 28, 2013 