Leif Smith
Swarms, Boundaries, Object-Oriented Emergence of Complex Systems
Unconscious collaboration of small local intelligences.
Fascinating research bearing on the emergence of freeorder.
glyph 293: evolutionary systems ... jurisprudence, economics, biology, object-orientation ... spontaneous order ... what Gothic Foxes know, limits of Baroque Hedgehogs ... invisible hands finally beginning to be generalized and understood ... bears on the craft of object-oriented composition . freeorder ... Anglosphere, Anglosperia, James Bennett, Claudio Veliz, Alan Macfarlane, F. A. Hayek ... markets as dynamic discovery processes ... Brad Cox, Objective-C ... Canada, Alberta, University of Calgary ... Santa Fe Institute
World's First Computer, 150 B.C.
A dictionary-size assemblage of 37 interlocking dials crafted with the precision and complexity of a 19th-century Swiss clock, the Antikythera mechanism was used for modeling and predicting the movements of the heavenly bodies as well as the dates and locations of upcoming Olympic games.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/2000-year-old-a.html?mbid=wir_newsltr
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
Original version available as an audio book on iTunes [link]
Digital Storytelling
Center for Digital Storytelling