"the richness of what could have been a complex, global semilattice atrophied into a circle-like shape made up of a few central nodes. Information in this arrangement resembles a closed loop, and the user is often just carried by the stream."

good read ^-^

"the richness of what could have been a complex, global semilattice atrophied into a circle-like shape made up of a few central nodes. Information in this arrangement resembles a closed loop, and the user is often just carried by the stream."

good read ^-^

https://novum.substack.com/p/the-internet-is-like-a-city

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Finally got to reading this. Appreciate the framing of cities / the internet as semilattice. 

In a way, I guess it reflects the difference between top-down or bottom-up approaches to develop complexity/structure. The latter—being more organic and decentralised—tends to have more overlaps and resilience.

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yeah complexity is not always something to be abstracted away. i think the comparison to city planning is good. overdesigned spaces often become inhuman and  oppressive bc they try to remove the messiness of organic life