Interact Or Die

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February 24, 2010

This looks like a fascinating read on the natural organization of living things into networks and interactions

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Posted from New York, NY

Posted by Kyle Cameron Studstill

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Feb 24, 2010

Chris Mills said...

If the cover is telling of the content, I must read this. Something I've thought about for some time...the organic shape of the internet replicating shapes found in nature like tree limbs, roots and neurons.

Feb 24, 2010

Kyle Cameron Studstill said...

Ran into this while at the Eyebeam HQ (http://eyebeam.org). Tons of niche 'technology+art" books there.

Found a link and description for Interact Or Die!:

"Interaction is a defining characteristic of every living being. Bodies and objects build connections, form networks, and then, through interaction, achieve organization, structure, memory and heredity. Interact or Die! is about the way in which random behavior in networks creates strong but flexible structures and forms, without there being a central designing coordinator or code that pushes the process into a definite direction or form. It explores how interaction both forms and selects the effective, functioning parts of networks and leaves the noneffective parts to die."

http://www.v2.nl/archive/articles/intro-interact-or-die

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Interact Or Die

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