gpt-4.iconnishio.iconDescribed here is the concept of “openness” and in particular “intentional openness”. This is an important property in technium (Tc) and is related to Evolution of Technology.

image - technium (Tc) p.209

In English, it is “open.

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The Threefold Structure of Technological Evolution

  • In technium, vectors indicating function are replaced by “intent”.

  • The third force at work in the evolution of organisms is adaptability.

  • In technium, it is different.

    • Open to human free will and choice. This intentional realm consists of billions of decisions of political expression over inevitable inventions and how individuals use or do not use certain inventions).

  • This conscious and open design is what makes Technium the most powerful thing in the world.

  • Increasing interoperability increases the number of adoptable [options

  • Billions of decisions about how individuals use or don’t use a given invention. - subjectivism

Intentional openness.


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