The Forever Book

Creating a "Seed" of Civilization's Knowledge

I’ve been thinking of civilization (the technium) as a life form, as a self-replicating structure. I began to wonder what is the smallest seed into which you could reduce the "genes" of civilization, and have it unfold again, sufficient that it could also make another seed again. That is, what is the smallest seed of…

Mar 29, 2011 1 1

• civilization
• knowledge