More ambitious question. How would you define a metric for the "hackability" of a thing (including living things, your own body etc)?
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@vgr I'd look at availability of "tools" …bio hacking used to be extremely difficult now much easier due to rapid gene sequencing tools - Show replies
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Starter prompt: Herbert Simon thought complex systems were those that were "partially decomposable"
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@vgr Hackability includes a tension between complexity, which allows for cool modifications, and legibility, which allows for modifications.
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@vgr is high cost eng to low cost product just because there's very high threshold to mass market appeal? -
@kylemathews Not quite. It just takes intense engineering effort to cost down in the first place. Mass market appeal is secondary.
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@vgr potentially maps to high/low road in How Buildings LearnThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr can you help me understand this? E.g. Dell is low cost but I don’t think of high cost engineering there. Apple high cost eng and prodThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr seems like it’s hard to infer anything one way or the otherThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NeilScudder Meh, just hold skill constant across set of artifacts - Show replies
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