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from Weird Studies/Object Memory
  • They mentioned How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand which seemed kind of out of place. There's nothing woo about Brand's theory, the "learn" is mostly metaphorical, he's talking about how buildings are adapted by their owners and occupants over time. But he does sort of freely agentify buildings when necessary, so OK.
from Habitability
  • Also really resonates with How Buildings Learn. Hey that's an idea, why isn't there more work on How Software Learns, that is, how it evolves over time as it adapts to the changing needs of its inhabitants (users and developers).
from Stewart Brand
  • The theory of shearing layers, an idea from architecture that he popularized in his book How Buildings Learn might be his most significant intellectual contribution. It's currently percolating through the software design community.
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How Buildings Learn

06 Sep 2022 - 11 Feb 2025
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    • book by Stewart Brand, on how buildings are modified after they are built.
    • Introduced(?) the concept of pace layering.
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    • Interesting to apply pace layering to the mind. From the bottom up
      • Nature would be reflexes,
      • then learned motor habits like gait and posture
      • the middle layers would be things like culture, ideology, identity
      • practical knowledge, crafts
      • daily routines
      • moment-to-moment improvisation
    • OK that doesn't quite work, because any mental act requieres the participation of multiple layers. still I think there's something to the idea. Want to run it past Meaningness or some other pundits.