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@vgr·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @sarahdoingthing@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette What are you saying here beyond the pave-the-cowpaths principle of design?2
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 @GabrielDuquette accessibility by paving is simplifying a complex thing - route for what? trade, travel, in information space weirder5
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @sarahdoingthing@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette Other direction is not "simplify" but "transform" creative-destructively (colonize, change-nature-of etc).5:34 PM · Aug 18, 20151 Like
Sister Sarah@sarahdoingthing·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @GabrielDuquette my point is paving is a pretty boring (simple) transform compared to route-equivalent things in information space11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 18, 2015Replying to @sarahdoingthing@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette That is basic insight behind standardization in engineering. Make interesting things boring to open doors1