2020-07-30

Distance is a function of the intensity of the relation

Re: [[assemblage thinking]] and [[actor-network theory]]:

Both have a topological view of space, in which distance is a function of the intensity of a relation.

^ this makes me think of [[Ton]]‘s idea of [[social distance]].

Some constellations

I’ve been doing quite a lot of reading and not much writing the past week or so. I think that’s OK. It’s things I know I’m interested in, just don’t know that much about yet. I think the notes will coalesce into something eventually, with a bit of tending. The note-taking I’ve been doing is a bit too much copy-paste, not enough writing in my own words, so I could probably do with revisiting them a bit.

I’ve noticed some [[constellations]] of interest forming around [[agency]], [[self-determination]], [[networked agency]], [[assemblage thinking]], [[actor-network theory]], the [[actor model]]. Which tie into my past interests in [[agent-based systems]], and technological and political distributed systems.

Also a strand on meditation, [[appropriate technology]], [[Buddhist economics]], and [[Schumacher]], triggered by the Rev Left Radio episode on Meditation, Materialism, and Marxism. Panda previously recommended Buddhist economics to me.