New Ribbonfarm by me - metaphor therapy?https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/12/07/something-runs-through-the-whole-thread/ …
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Thanks! This got weirder: playing with logic gates because of
@MarkChangizi's visual experiments led me to truth tables (which Wittgenstein popularized!). With black/red threads in my head, what came out is remarkably textile circuits, up to adders.https://twitter.com/elzr/status/1169409893197111296 …
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No other sphere of life has provided so many metaphorical terms than the making of cloth. Even "list" was originally a textile term.
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@vpostrel, one of my favorite writers, is writing a book reappraising textiles as THE technology. It's finally coming in fall 2020: The Fabric of Civilization - How textiles made the world. Can't wait! “The spindle was the first wheel." -EJW Barber https://vpostrel.com/blog/so-what-is-your-next-book-about … - 1 more reply
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