A computer isn't an object, it's a medium of expression. It's semantically closer to language than to a dishwasher.
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The most powerful technologies and products are always expression mediums -- open-ended and creative rather than task-specific. Open fields, not fixed roads.
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Software is the invisible writing that whispers the stories of possibility to our hardware. And we are the storytellers.
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Classically. Can this be said of the current paradigm or is this merely representative of a subset at this time?
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Everything can be an expression medium. Depends on how you use it, to express whatever you want it to.
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100% agree. In "Where Good Ideas Come from,"
@stevenbjohnson refers to these open-ended technologies as "platforms." He describes coral reefs are the biological analogy to these platforms, which I think is fittingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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like humans
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E.g. nukes, which clearly are a powerful way of expression.
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