multi-layered co-evolutionary mind warps

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Breaking new ground? I love it.

From the moment my rusty shovel cuts through the wet sod, until the last time I brush the dirt from my palms and call it a day, I hope to be repeatedly slammed with the drugless experience of warping my mind - learning and unlearning the meaning of reality.


What?


Here's the sequence of events that led me to this blog:

1. I joined the Flowgram community in private beta, and made a flowgram

2. A month after I joined, photojournalist smoothdude makes a flowgram about Florent. (below)



3. Soon after, new flowgrams appear, blending the most engaging traits of the Florent flowgram with other elements to create something new.

4. Meanwhile, I digest Josh Porter's thoughts I read about co-evolving.



My first impression of Josh's blog was that co-evolving occurred between Man and Machine, and they leapfrog each other toward that beautifully frightening singularity Ray Kurzweil writes about.

But then I thought about the evolution of Flowgram, and realized that not only is the technology evolving people, and people in turn evolving the technology, but that distinct groups of people and ideas are evolving other people thanks to sharing their exploration of the same technology.

For those of you that read the last paragraph and thought, "Mike, that's old news! Teacher teaches a student, only to have the student become the teacher." But think about it this way: If teenagers were allowed unlimited playtime with gadgets they've never seen in an applied physics lab, what could they produce and share with resident physicists that would make them say "Eureka!" It's a gross analogy, but what child doesn't dream of making an impact in the "adult" world before they're even adults?


Ok, so here's some thoughts I take for granted, followed by a question:

• I was once told that we all have the same number of marbles, they're just distributed in different ratios.
  
• The slightest common thread (flowgram) can unite disparate groups.
  
• One party can enlighten another party, for the benefit of one or both (or more?).
• Although it differentiates the young (playful teenagers) from the old (resident physicists), experience (diplomas and hard knocks) may be irrelevant in upcoming breakthroughs.
  

Here's my question:

• If flowgram means something different to you than it means to me, and you're able to show me a unique way of looking at something, who or what benefits the most from the result?
  
• You?
  
• Me?
  
• The technological product?
  
• The technological company?
  
• The community surrounding the product?
  
• The community in general?
  
• Does any of this matter?

Thoughts please,
Mike

PS - It's incredibly challenging to convey WHAT flowgram is to me. It's less time-consuming if you just DO it - watch a couple, make one for yourself, and share it with someone. And by someone, I mean ME, as I sincerely hope it furthers the warping of my mind.






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