Saturday, July 29, 2017

simple vs informed code

Another parallel between molecule-code and idea-code expression involves the tension between expression that is: (i) informed to many constraints (like that of regulated gene expression in eukaryotic metazoans) versus expression which is: (ii) oblivious to all except immediate goals (like use of twitter to manipulate others with no regard for the information's value in a larger context). Do these correlate, respectively, with the bloom and decline of multilayer complexity on our planet?

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

idea code DNA

Idea codes, stored digitally as either words or images, are the template for culture in much the same way that molecular codes, stored digitally in nucleic and amino acid chains, are the template for family. That means that we may want to take a bit more care with their archival value than some folks do with instant messages or with tweets. N'est-ce pas?