What it says.

GoogleSpreadsheets goofing around:

bag set list log sequence stream tree glossary dictionary thesaurus portal anthology info infobag infoset infolist infolog infosequence infostream infotree infoglossary infodictionary infothesaurus infoportal infoanthology data databag dataset datalist datalog datasequence datastream datatree dataglossary datadictionary datathesaurus dataportal dataanthology item itembag itemset itemlist itemlog itemsequence itemstream itemtree itemglossary itemdictionary itemthesaurus itemportal itemanthology element elementbag elementset elementlist elementlog elementsequence elementstream elementtree elementglossary elementdictionary elementthesaurus elementportal elementanthology object objectbag objectset objectlist objectlog objectsequence objectstream objecttree objectglossary objectdictionary objectthesaurus objectportal objectanthology symbol symbolbag symbolset symbollist symbollog symbolsequence symbolstream symboltree symbolglossary symboldictionary symbolthesaurus symbolportal symbolanthology number numberbag numberset numberlist numberlog numbersequence numberstream numbertree numberglossary numberdictionary numberthesaurus numberportal numberanthology type typebag typeset typelist typelog typesequence typestream typetree typeglossary typedictionary typethesaurus typeportal typeanthology character characterbag characterset characterlist characterlog charactersequence characterstream charactertree characterglossary characterdictionary characterthesaurus characterportal characteranthology word wordbag wordset wordlist wordlog wordsequence wordstream wordtree wordglossary worddictionary wordthesaurus wordportal wordanthology text textbag textset textlist textlog textsequence textstream texttree textglossary textdictionary textthesaurus textportal textanthology intuition intuitionbag intuitionset intuitionlist intuitionlog intuitionsequence intuitionstream intuitiontree intuitionglossary intuitiondictionary intuitionthesaurus intuitionportal intuitionanthology thought thoughtbag thoughtset thoughtlist thoughtlog thoughtsequence thoughtstream thoughttree thoughtglossary thoughtdictionary thoughtthesaurus thoughtportal thoughtanthology category categorybag categoryset categorylist categorylog categorysequence categorystream categorytree categoryglossary categorydictionary categorythesaurus categoryportal categoryanthology idea ideabag ideaset idealist idealog ideasequence ideastream ideatree ideaglossary ideadictionary ideathesaurus ideaportal ideaanthology concept conceptbag conceptset conceptlist conceptlog conceptsequence conceptstream concepttree conceptglossary conceptdictionary conceptthesaurus conceptportal conceptanthology image imagebag imageset imagelist imagelog imagesequence imagestream imagetree imageglossary imagedictionary imagethesaurus imageportal imageanthology description descriptionbag descriptionset descriptionlist descriptionlog descriptionsequence descriptionstream descriptiontree descriptionglossary descriptiondictionary descriptionthesaurus descriptionportal descriptionanthology allusion allusionbag allusionset allusionlist allusionlog allusionsequence allusionstream allusiontree allusionglossary allusiondictionary allusionthesaurus allusionportal allusionanthology

memory memorybag memoryset memorylist memorylog memorysequence memorystream memorytree memoryglossary memorydictionary memorythesaurus memoryportal memoryanthology stub stubbag stubset stublist stublog stubsequence stubstream stubtree stubglossary stubdictionary stubthesaurus stubportal stubanthology link linkbag linkset linklist linklog linksequence linkstream linktree linkglossary linkdictionary linkthesaurus linkportal linkanthology page pagebag pageset pagelist pagelog pagesequence pagestream pagetree pageglossary pagedictionary pagethesaurus pageportal pageanthology site sitebag siteset sitelist sitelog sitesequence sitestream sitetree siteglossary sitedictionary sitethesaurus siteportal siteanthology web webbag webset weblist weblog websequence webstream webtree webglossary webdictionary webthesaurus webportal webanthology rule rulebag ruleset rulelist rulelog rulesequence rulestream ruletree ruleglossary ruledictionary rulethesaurus ruleportal ruleanthology formula formulabag formulaset formulalist formulalog formulasequence formulastream formulatree formulaglossary formuladictionary formulathesaurus formulaportal formulaanthology

Web3.0: Ego abhors a vacuum

the challenge of meditation
is not to think

the mind normally filled
with neurotic habits

and the challenge of artistic creativity
is to subvert cliche
(vs nabokov's gap-fillers)

and the scandal of philosophy
is the sophomoric sophistries
like free will or epistemological solipsism
tying innocent minds in useless knots

and usenet newsgroups often used to
suffer from negative intelligence
flamewars displacing constructive discussion
like coinage under gresham's law

or kneejerk techno-utopianism
urging (eg) educators
to squander their budgets on digital multimedia
when the real problem as always
is rewarding the best teachers

so the semantic web movement
for its earliest days
jumped the track
seduced by the shiny
techno quick fix
of xml
and its pie-in-the-sky promises
about embedded metadata

delivering only a flatline
adoption curve
while (eg) wikipedia
keeps rocketing up exponentially

and while journalistic coverage
of 'web 3.0' increases
the hype sounds more and more
hollow and anemic
rdf topicmaps microformats blahblahblah

endless jargonmania
but no 'there' there
never jam today

so i'll suggest again
that metadata belongs in the file header
(not in embedded markup)

and that wikipedia article titles
have solved one semantic problem
by automatically redirecting visitors
when an article title has changed
(i wish blogger did this)

so webpages can begin painlessly
categorizing themselves in their headers
with the closest wikipedia article title/s

and google should index these
with a special keyword
eg "wikiarticle:Ajax_(programming)"

but even more
we can categorise filetypes
"filetype:timeline"

and even more, i now propose
an ontology wiki
eg "ontoclass:business/merger"

that encourages experiment
and redirects changed classnames automatically

and that uses storycycles
as the macroformat

allowing description of
any random news story
any random wikipedia article
any random web resource

by sketching a universal
usual story

of everyperson (eg their wikipedia biographies)
of everyproduct (eg their history and web resources)
of everyprogram (eg the software lifecycle)
of everyenterprise (eg their corporate history)
of everyfile (its creation and dissemination)
ov everyword (its etymology)
of everyidea (its genesis and evolution)
of everyspecies (its selection pressures)

so that the metadata
for any given object
can emphasize precisely
those 'slots' in the usual storycycle
where the object's particular history
deviates from the usual expectations

these storycycles being compiled
incrementally, wiki-fashion
by storytellers who understand
the usual range of details
(a storycycle storycycle)

with an ongoing appreciation of the impermanence
of particular wording
or particular orderings

software storycycle
biography storycycle
business storycycle
hardware storycycle

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The bisociation machine

arthur koestler's 1964 "the act of creation"
argued that creativity
in the arts
in the sciences
and in humor too
depends on 'bisociation'
in which disparate parts
are (creatively) unified

pynchon's creative strategy
can be usefully analysed
in these terms

take any image and ask
what disparate parts
he's trying to unify
(often math
and/or mysticism
and/or conspiracy
and/or slapstick)

the simplest model of synesthesia
is that the coding scheme
of one sense modality
is rerouted thru another

so if a high pitch
is represented by a faster rhythm
of neural firing
in the pathways from the ear

and the color red
is similarly encoded
in the pathways from the eye

the synesthesic mapping
from eye to ear or back
should match high pitch to red color

if we generalise
this version of bisociation
we might imagine a
bisociation machine
that takes as input
any two encoding schemes
and systematically
(or even randomly)
explores the consequences
of all possible mappings between them

and mirror neurons
can be seen as such a mapping
between 'self view'
and 'other view'

while g spencer brown's
aggressine 'idiocy'
can be seen as a rejection
of some 'other view' as inefficient
in favor of an intuited
future efficient 'self view'

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Creativity on the worldtree

one of the most valuable
biographical mad-libs is
person-creates-creativework

but for some reason
biographical detail is scant on
how
each creative work
was created

in the near future
word processors
music software
video software
etc
will retain a
creative timeline
of each work's composition

and we can
(imaginatively) map
such timelines onto a worldtree

but efficiently colorising these maps
requires first
distinguishing
interesting from uninteresting
compositional steps

and also a classification of ways
any step can be
interesting or uninteresting

red for redhot inspiration
purple for deeply-felt emotion
grey for writers' block
puce for faking it

and these all point
outside the software
to biographical gossip

relationship problems
money problems
ego problems
sociopolitical problems

brain chemistry
(spontaneous or altered)

sometimes unambiguously
(more often ambigously)
linked to creative details




(i'm switching from 'tree of life'
to 'worldtree'
because the former includes linnaean species-trees
and kabbalist hocum
while the latter suggests a foundational worldmap)

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