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“It is well lighted …… there are shadows of the leaves.”

McLuhan’s Tetrad

Todd Kappelman wrote: The tetrad allowed McLuhan to apply four laws, framed as questions, to a wide spectrum of mankind’s […]

Castells’ Trinity Formula

At least three layers of material supports that, together, constitute the space of flows: (1) Medium – the physical basis […]

The Power Of P2P

You have always appreciated the book given by Greg. Now reading this article sent by Howard, the instinct you had […]

Group Rethink

Michael Fitzgerald wrote: The last several years have seen intense interest in developing technology that improves our connectedness (see “Tagging […]

学习与游戏

John Holland: 对荷兰德来说,进化和学习似乎与游戏非常相似。他认为,在这两种情况中,都有一个作用者在与自己的环境对抗,为自己的继续发展争取足够的条件。在进化中,所获报酬就是生存,一个让作用者将基因遗传给下一代的机会。在学习中,所获是某种奖赏,比如食物、愉悦的感觉或情感的满足。在这两种情况下,所获(或所缺)都是给予作用者的一种反馈,以利于它们改进自我表现:如果作用者想获得使自己“适应”的能力,就不得不采取能够获得丰厚报酬的策略,放弃其它策略。

生命起源

Stuart Kauffman: 谁说生命的起源是一个随机的结果了?也许还有另外的产生自我复制系统的途径,一种能够允许有生命的系统依靠自己的努力,从简单的化合反应逐步发展成为生命的方式。