25 SEP 2025 by ideonexus

 Similes and Metaphors

The Similies > Comparison > Metaphors Bind Concepts Together in Our Minds
A sci-fi culture reliant on real-world similes and how metaphors bind real-world concepts to abstract ones in our minds.
25 SEP 2025 by ideonexus

 Mediums and Messages

The Content of Any Medium is Always Another Medium > Comparison > New Mediums Provide New Orientations for Thought
Mediums are ideologies and impose ways of thinking on us as we employ them.
Folksonomies: new media critical theory
Folksonomies: new media critical theory
20 SEP 2025 by ideonexus

 Post-Literate Society

Written Word Enabled Philosophy, Screen Content Unravels It > Contrast > Criticism of "The dawn of post-literate society"
Point/Counterpoint about literacy, societal dependence on literacy, and the screen era.
Folksonomies: criticism
Folksonomies: criticism
06 JUL 2024 by ideonexus

 Deception in Gamespace and Simulation

Immersion in the Simulation Makes it Hard to Question It > Example/Illustration > Games Do Not Model/Simulate, but are a Business
Simulations deceive, games do not model.
Folksonomies: simulation gamespace
Folksonomies: simulation gamespace
28 APR 2024 by ideonexus

 Legality Impacted by Complexity

Juridification is the Enemy of Legality > Summary > The Demise of Legality
When there are too many laws and the code becomes unnavigable, only the wealthy or those in power can enforce them to their own benefits and prejudices.
Folksonomies: law justice legality
Folksonomies: law justice legality
28 APR 2024 by ideonexus

 Abstraction Imperils Empiricism

Abstractions Turned Obfuscations > Emphasis > Don't Let the Simulation's Beauty Convince You It's Real
We live in a world of abstractions built on abstractions. These simulations take us further from reality and make empirical verification increasingly difficult.
Folksonomies: abstraction empiricism
Folksonomies: abstraction empiricism
05 JAN 2023 by ideonexus

 Web Gardens and Digital Streams

The Garden and the Stream as Metaphors for WWW > Additional Support/Evidence > Web Gardens and Streams Elaborated
Web Gardens are contextualized, interconnected spaces online like Wikipedia. Digital Streams are serialized events that flow like Twitter or Facebook feeds.
03 JAN 2023 by ideonexus

 Rabbit Holes

Q'non as an AR Game > Example/Illustration > Traits of Yoga Practice That Lead to Conspiracy Theories
Alternative medicine, Q'non, and AR games provide people with deep-dive information webs that are alluring because they privilege the participant with malleable independent knowledge.
24 SEP 2021 by ideonexus

 Can AI Make Something Greater than Itself?

The Ultraintelligent Machine will be Civilization's Last Invention > Contrast > Recursive Self-Improvement in Human Civilization
Humans can't make smarter humans, but we can make cognitive tools to help other humans. Computers do make faster computers without human intervention, but is that the same as an AI making a smarter AI?
07 NOV 2019 by ideonexus

 Chess Stress Response

The Chess Stress Response > Additional Support/Evidence > How Chess Taxes the Body
How the stress of playing chess can impact the body.