Month: July 2018
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Playing well: Coordination
Human history is marked by the increasing complexity of social groups. From small bands of hunter-gatherers to large-scale civilizations, our ability to coordinate has been a key factor in our survival and progress as a species. Bigger groups, on average, have had a better chance of survival, but with that comes the need for increased…
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About Music in Phase Space
In the funhouse labyrinth of dynamical systems, where billiard-ball realities carom off chaotic attractors, lurks the phase space. Here, every twitch of a system’s soul, every twist of momentum, finds its echo in a unique point. Imagine, for a moment, a celestial jukebox, its platters etched with the trajectories of falling apples and precessing gyroscopes…
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BROADCAST VS DECENTRALIZED MEDIA: THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
Ric Amurrio Jul 8, 2018 · 23 min read EPISODE 8 MUSIC IN PHASE TIME If you’re American and over 50 years old, you may still recall the days when 63% of your fellow Americans faithfully watched Gunsmoke on the tube — the peak of the united-by-TV feeling and the tube-driven national identity. In music, when looking at…