diff --git a/content/reflection/cristobal.md b/content/reflection/cristobal.md index 0c967a3..c6eaa7a 100644 --- a/content/reflection/cristobal.md +++ b/content/reflection/cristobal.md @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ +++ title = "Cristóbal's Reflection" -has_shards = ["crisis.md", "thegap.md", "latentimage.md", "custodians.md", "aggregation.md", "protocols.md", "maintenance.md"] +has_shards = ["crisis.md", "latentimage.md", "protocols.md", "maintenance.md"] +++ 1. ![Crisis](shard:crisis.md) -2. ![The Gap](shard:thegap) 3. ![Latent Image](shard:latentimage) -4. ![Custodians](shard:custodians) -5. ![Aggregation](shard:aggregation) 6. ![Protocols](shard:protocols) 7. ![Maintenance](shard:maintenance) diff --git a/content/reflection/r2.md b/content/reflection/r2.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9625dac..0000000 --- a/content/reflection/r2.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,8 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "R 2" -has_shards = ["s3.md", "s4.md"] -+++ - -# About - -... diff --git a/content/reflection/shardslist.md b/content/reflection/shardslist.md index 282a035..4abcb5e 100644 --- a/content/reflection/shardslist.md +++ b/content/reflection/shardslist.md @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ +++ title = "List of shards" -has_shards = ["aggregation.md", "custodians.md", -"custodianshipinrelationalpractices.md", "effectivealtruism.md", +has_shards = ["custodianshipinrelationalpractices.md", "effectivealtruism.md", "latentimage.md", "longextinction.md", "maintenance.md", "neoliberallibrary.md", "processnotplace.md", "protocols.md", -"senseofimagination.md", "thegap.md", "toolsinrelationalpractices.md", +"senseofimagination.md", "toolsinrelationalpractices.md", "tiers.md", "migrationregime.md", "crisis.md"] +++ diff --git a/content/shard/aggregation.md b/content/shard/aggregation.md deleted file mode 100644 index 987c023..0000000 --- a/content/shard/aggregation.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Aggregation" -glassblowers = ["cristobalsciutto.md"] -+++ - -For global action, local relationships must aggregate rhizomatically. diff --git a/content/shard/custodians.md b/content/shard/custodians.md deleted file mode 100644 index 58e7ccf..0000000 --- a/content/shard/custodians.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Custodians" -glassblowers = ["cristobalsciutto.md"] -+++ - -This Library of Babel can be deciphered, but only through local custodianship. A custodian, albeit self-interested, can establish "grassroots way-finding" in relationship with readers. They act below Dunbar's threshold. diff --git a/content/shard/latentimage.md b/content/shard/latentimage.md index 9838585..52e70b8 100644 --- a/content/shard/latentimage.md +++ b/content/shard/latentimage.md @@ -3,4 +3,11 @@ title = "Latent image" glassblowers = ["cristobalsciutto.md"] +++ -The imaginary is latent inside a library. A library is not a place. It is simply curated information. +The gap between the tools (the excavator) and the crises (the Evergreen) is an +imaginary. The construction of an imaginary, a re-writing of history, allows +one to step into the future. The imaginary is latent inside a library. A +library is not a place. It is simply curated information. + +This Library of Babel can be deciphered, but only through local custodianship. +A custodian, albeit self-interested, can establish "grassroots way-finding" in +relationship with readers. They act below Dunbar's threshold. diff --git a/content/shard/maintenance.md b/content/shard/maintenance.md index 795614e..f80740f 100644 --- a/content/shard/maintenance.md +++ b/content/shard/maintenance.md @@ -3,4 +3,28 @@ title = "Maintenance" glassblowers = ["cristobalsciutto.md"] +++ -For protocols to be resilient, they must be maintained. Simple tools can be interrogated. Simple tools can be tweaked. Worse is better. +For protocols to be resilient, they must be maintained. Simple tools can be +interrogated. Simple tools can be tweaked. Worse is better. + +Software must be executed on a substrate, a computational abstraction on top of +hardware. If that substrate shifts from under the software, the software stops +running. It must be "ported" to new hardware via a new abstraction. Longevity +thus implies constant maintenance. + +The easier to port, the more resilient software becomes. Sometimes porting +becomes impossible, and then software dies. This is what happened to Adobe +Flash, until it was ported to the internet browser (flash.pm). Choosing a +simple abstraction on top of hardware, despite being inefficient is often worth +it. This is the approach taken by 100 rabbits with Uxn. They write: + +"As it stands today, modern software is built with extreme short-sightedness, +designed to be run on disposable electronics and near impossible to maintain. +We decided to not participate. Our aim is to create a machine that focuses on +answering the handful of little tasks we need, which is centered around +building playful audio/visual experiences. + +Uxn was created explicitly to host software on pre-existing platforms, the +design was advised primarily by relative software complexity, not by how fast +it could run on new hardware standards. Features were weighted against the +relative difficulty they would add for programmers implementing their own +emulators." diff --git a/content/shard/protocols.md b/content/shard/protocols.md index 41c06e5..5c4e222 100644 --- a/content/shard/protocols.md +++ b/content/shard/protocols.md @@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ title = "Protocols" glassblowers = ["cristobalsciutto.md"] +++ -The formal mechanisms of communication protocols are the way of facilitating this aggregation. They are abstractions on social processes which produce global artifacts, with traces back to the local. +For global action, local relationships must aggregate rhizomatically. The +formal mechanisms of communication protocols are the way of facilitating this +aggregation. They are abstractions on social processes which produce global +artifacts, with traces back to the local. diff --git a/content/shard/thegap.md b/content/shard/thegap.md deleted file mode 100644 index afb56d0..0000000 --- a/content/shard/thegap.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "The gap" -glassblowers = ["cristobalsciutto.md"] -+++ - -The gap between the tools (the excavator) and the crises (the Evergreen) is an imaginary. The construction of an imaginary, a re-writing of history, allows one to step into the future.