Ultimately, the computer will be capable to reinvent nature by insinuating itself in the molecular fabric of life on a nano level, realizing the dream of science fiction authors and many of today’s young architects to “grow” whatever structures they can imagine
The book Diamond Age by neal Stephenson deals with some really amazing ideas about "growing" things with nano technology that is related, conceptually, to compiling a program from "source". In this case the "source" isn't lines of code, but fundamental building blocks of matter, that are slowly coaxed into combining themselves into the desired form.
I disagree somewhat with the idea of using technology to return to nature, but I recognize the futility of taking such a stance. I mean, if our ancestors had planned perfectly from the beginning for a world with x billion people, then maybe we could have had a chance at simply staying connected with nature the whole time, but that seems impossible now. I guess our only option is to ensure the technology we utilize is sustainable and somehow humanizing, as opposed to numbing, desensitizing, buffering the world around us (imagine technology like an ipod on your ears at all times, certainly an experience, but the best experience?)
It is incredibly important to talk these things over, or at least think about and be aware of them, for as tech makes its way inextricably into the home and into the physical body, we need to be incredibly wary of what we are plugging into.
...an Earth conscious mode of living through our technologies
The book Diamond Age by neal Stephenson deals with some really amazing ideas about "growing" things with nano technology that is related, conceptually, to compiling a program from "source". In this case the "source" isn't lines of code, but fundamental building blocks of matter, that are slowly coaxed into combining themselves into the desired form.
I disagree somewhat with the idea of using technology to return to nature, but I recognize the futility of taking such a stance. I mean, if our ancestors had planned perfectly from the beginning for a world with x billion people, then maybe we could have had a chance at simply staying connected with nature the whole time, but that seems impossible now. I guess our only option is to ensure the technology we utilize is sustainable and somehow humanizing, as opposed to numbing, desensitizing, buffering the world around us (imagine technology like an ipod on your ears at all times, certainly an experience, but the best experience?)
It is incredibly important to talk these things over, or at least think about and be aware of them, for as tech makes its way inextricably into the home and into the physical body, we need to be incredibly wary of what we are plugging into.