pioneers are establishment-aversive novelty-seeking agents, repulsed by existing structures & attracted to new inputs. when the frontier is over the horizon, the direction of expanse is obvious; but what happens when you run out of land?
one seeks out new optimization dimensions
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RT @tszzl
@garybasin Ran out of frontier
https://twitter.com/tszzl/status/1444761357384101891
the digital realm is one of the current frontiers, w/ several simultaneous gold rushes and land grabs happening
the beauty of the virtual is that you can't run out of room; you can always add another dimension, creating new space
virtuality is the pioneer pressure release valve
this is one of the reasons why digital innovation is so much faster than physical, the obvious constraints aside
in a sufficiently high-dimensional space you don't get trapped in local maxima, always having another dimension to optimize along
the internet is one such space
when we talk of the new digital frontier, it's not a metaphor; there's a quite literal reallocation of pioneer energy and impulses into this realm, due to the physical being mostly saturated
we've barely begun to see sow the seeds, let alone reap the fruit
when you run out of land for new buildings, you add a third dimension and build taller
when you run out of money/engineering to build tall, you need to add another dimension; but what is left?
virtual space presents us with an infinitely dimensional blank slate; you build IN