25 SEP 2025 by ideonexus
Similes and Metaphors
The Similies > Comparison > Metaphors Bind Concepts Together in Our MindsA 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 ThoughtMediums 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 BusinessSimulations 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 LegalityWhen 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.
28 APR 2024 by ideonexus
Abstraction Imperils Empiricism
Abstractions Turned Obfuscations > Emphasis > Don't Let the Simulation's Beauty Convince You It's RealWe 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 ElaboratedWeb 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 TheoriesAlternative 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 CivilizationHumans 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 BodyHow the stress of playing chess can impact the body.