In the author's experience,
the ICT paradigm has actually resulted in a disastrous "dumbing
down" of both the population in general and computer practice in
particular (especially in the creative arts).
This document represents an index to a number of related
documents -which it is hoped will help develop a new and
more intellectually stimulating approach. An approach that might
also create new and more creative ways of looking at
contemporary technological, cultural, socio-political and
economic paradigms -and the problems they seem to be creating.
The
first section
attempts to
define the problem,
the
second section
presents various practical and theoretical
contexts and backgrounds,
the
third section tries
to search for
basic Solutions,
the
fourth section
tries to expand some basic concepts into more useful conceptual
and practical systems -while the
fith section provides some background
resources.
Please Note:
The texts on this
website are "Formal
Systems" -which in my terminology means that they
represent conceptual structures which play the "IF this was true -THEN...."
game. There is no reason to assume that any of them are
true.... they merely attempt to clarify and explore the
possible consequences of things that are concievable and
might be worth exploring to see how closely these
(imagined) conceptual structures might possibly relate
to our daily world of experience. They are intended to
be useful for those who like thinking about "how things might
work".... They are not intended to impose anything on
anybody -or to upset anybody. My apologies to anybody
who might be offended by these speculations.
The java programmes
are perhaps philosophically slightly more complex
-because they represent dynamic representations of
various "formal systems" -which may not be true -or even
exist outside the programme. I'll leave it to the reader
to decide how to deal with representational systems that
apparently function but might be representative of a
system that does not exist outside its own
representation.....