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 Prop: An 'artificial' transformation is net +ve if NPV of future illegibility >= NPV of illegibility of natural course.5:42 PM · Aug 18, 20151 Like