Comment by ap22213
11 years ago
Natural is adapting to change, understanding that the environmental context is always changing. Architecture is usually built to last forever, but it always has to be torn down, at great expense. Or, the expense is too great, and it remains, an archaic eye-sore.
I text message as much as anyone. But, I think we all know that text messages are ephemeral. I've edited (ironically) to make that more clear.
> Architecture is usually built to last forever, but it always has to be torn down, at great expense. Or, the expense is too great, and it remains, an archaic eye-sore.
Just like beehives, beaver dams and ant hills.
> But, I think we all know that text messages are ephemeral
Much less than sound or vision.
To make vision, sound, touch, etc. good as foundations for information exchange, you'd have to give more control to the receiving party. Make the medium skimmable and searchable.
Huh? I've always thought of architecture as ephemeral. Everything in a house has a limited warranty. We're constantly gutting, tearing down, rebuilding. How is that different from beaver dams again?