Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015@GabrielDuquette it's complicated of course but...trails are the first maps, maps are representations of information about a territory...114
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette ...used to navigate a territory (goal-directed behavior within the territory)12
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette many territories are self-mapping, assisting mental representations of them, often modified that way by past travelers25
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette (e.g large herbivore trails, some architecture)33
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @sarahdoingthing@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette What are you saying here beyond the pave-the-cowpaths principle of design?5:24 PM · Aug 18, 2015
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @GabrielDuquette don't pave the cow paths wtf22
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @sarahdoingthing@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette The reason to pave the cowpath is generally to make it more accessible. Human feet > hooves > wheels...11
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr ps didn't we just have a talk about this rhetorical move1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @sarahdoingthing@sarahdoingthing You mean the game theory question? Diff here is I actually think you have an answer here insteady of implying you don't!11