To truly appreciate an art, one must be aware of the often humble tools and approaches<br>used to create masterpieces.<br><br>The Hoover Dam was created with massive machines, yes - and common concrete. And<br>those machines were themselves forged from the same iron and other elements one can<br>
find in the wares of any Home Depot, using similar - if scaled-up, and specialized for that -<br>processes.<br><br>The Internet began with but a few nodes, none beyond the understanding of a skilled<br>engineer.<br><br>An integral part of the Singularity, is the ability for the common person - or AI - to build<br>
what was once available only to the elite, if available at all. Even those who do not DIY<br>directly, benefit from the wider availability (and thus, lower cost and increasing quality) of<br>specialized goods. In this case, the panel is lended importance by where it is mounted,<br>
which of course anyone (with permission) could do. Actually crafting the thing is simple.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/9/27 <span dir="ltr"><natasha@natasha.cc></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<p>I can't believe you are putting the field of "art" in the
same email message as the paint and number crafts of "Michael's".
That in and of itself ought to cause a tsunami singularity! Now I have to go
wash my mouth out with soap and sterilize my typing
fingers.</p><p>N</p><p></p><p>Quoting spike <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>>:<br><br>>
...On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes<br>> Subject: Re: [ExI] san jose tech
museum's take on the singularity<br>><br>> On Mon, Sep 27,
2010 at 9:08 AM, Natasha Vita-More<br>> <natasha@natasha.cc>
wrote:<br>><br>> >>...What a great idea. (Thanks
for thinking of me Amara.)<br>> Natasha<br>> ...<br>><br>>
>...Going in through the "front door" - <a href="mailto:info@thetech.org" target="_blank">info@thetech.org</a>
or<br>> 408-294-8324 -<br>> should work, if you identify
yourself as having an exhibit and a<br>> funding source...<br>>
The money is likely to be a key thing. The Tech, like many similar<br>>
organizations right now,<br>> is strapped for cash... Adrian<br>><br>><br>> I would propose something very modest: merely a one
for one replacement for<br>> that one panel I posted yesterday, that photo
which has the text<br>><br>> Breaking the Law<br>><br>>
Progress has limits; electricity can't go<br>> faster than the speed of
light, for example.<br>> Moore predicts that digital innovations<br>>
will soon slow. Others, however, foresee a<br>> singularity, when rapid
technological shifts<br>> make the world unpredictable.<br>><br>>
If we were to come up with a replacement panel with approximately that<br>>
amount of text, and actually make the panel, print it, laminate it, mount it<br>> on styrofoam, stick velcro on it and hand it to them as a one for one<br>> replacement, that would be a first step, ja? I would be willing to
approach<br>> them with the replacement panel if we were to agree on the
verbiage.<br>><br>> The local Michael's Art Supply does that kind of
work, and I have had work<br>> done satisfactorily there before (mounted a
periodic chart and a portrait of<br>> Richard Feynman as wall decorations
for my home, in case there was ever any<br>> doubt this is a geek's den.)
Something this size (B size) wouldn't cost<br>> much, fifty-ish bucks
perhaps. I am an out-of-work rocket scientist, so I<br>> don't want to
spend money.<br>><br>> The Tech has the panel with a three word title
and thirty five words of<br>> text. How do we explain the singularity to
the non-geek proletariat in<br>> about 35 words? Picture?
Countersuggestion?<br>><br>> spike<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> extropy-chat
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