[p2p-research] P2P Ideology

[Ryan Lanham]

We need a Fernhoutian Flurry on Fractals.
R.

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Sam,
> >
> > Does this imply a "fractal" nature of P2P?  How does fractal relate to
> > emergent.  Emergent seems to disallow analysis to me. Ever fresh seems to
> be
> > impossible to appreciate.  Nature has rules.  DNA.  Is there an
> underlying
> > P2P rule set?  Or is that necessarily unknowable due to the locally
> emergent
> > possibilities?
> >
> > Ryan
> >
>
>
> Emergent may seem to defy analysis, but there are simple rules that
> are at play, and constraints in systems/environments
>
> As I have already said in this thread, there are definitely simple
> rules, there are definitely factors that are identifiable. Nature has
> rules like DNA, and yet nature created an explosion of localized
> diversity.
>
> I think it does imply a "partially" fractal nature, where systems can
> be replicated efficiently, they will probably be replicated. But,
> unique local conditions will rise in importance, where they may
> currently or previously have been supressed by mass culture
>
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