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That's actually a very interesting concept (although the word "dataome" is IMO a terrible descriptor) and one that is fun to explore. I think that all endeavor
by betwixthewires 5y ago
That's actually a very interesting concept (although the word "dataome" is IMO a terrible descriptor) and one that is fun to explore.
I think that all endeavors of living organisms inherit the dynamic and balance seeking properties of the Darwinian phenomenon that gives rise to them, and I think that the fundamentals of it go largely over our heads. Exploring technology as an emergent phenomenon within a Darwinian system is very intriguing.
- throwawaybutwhy 5y agoThe piece is only content marketing for a book. An astrobiologist looking for technosignatures and making up technobabble on the go - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
- betwixthewires 5y agoMaybe, but the technobabble inspires exploring pretty fun concepts, one example would be we tend to think of technology as something humans do, but really humans are specimens within a spontaneously emerging system and our subjectivity prevents us from constantly being cognizant of that, so really technology emerged spontaneously from the biosphere itself, we are just the mechanism by which that happened.