Kernel | Chaos Theory
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Kernel | Chaos Theory
The idea is that it's a system for imagining and executing big projects that actually works. The theory emerges from the intersection of two maxims.
First, there's William Gibson: "The future is already here—it's just not evenly distributed."
Then, there's William Faulkner: "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
Mashing thos
... See moreEliot Peper • Robin Sloan: Binding the Moon
Second, because genius isn’t linear . You can’t create something world-changing by simply following steps 1 through 10. You need chaos. You need disorder. But it has to be tethered chaos 1 —chaos that’s guided by a deep sense of purpose and vision. It’s about engaging with the unknown while keeping one foot grounded in reality.
Lane Watson • Critical Creative Genius at the Intersection of Order, Disorder, and Chaos
If you can set up a system where anyone can publish anything, and dynamically allocate more resources to the ideas that seem most promising, you're much more likely to produce a lot of surprisingly awesome output. This is important for reasons deeper than just "people are bad at predicting success"—I think there's something about surprise that audi... See more
Every • Recursive Publishing
As any Silicon Valley insider, venture capitalist, or innovator will tell you, innovation arises from a community of people focused on trying out lots of things and learning their way to successful innovations.
Joi Ito • The Social Labs Revolution
A screen can reveal the inner nature of things.