Comments on: Seed Files & Web Gardens [Green Internet] http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/06/19/seed-files-web-gardens-green-internet/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:37:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Big Elk http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/06/19/seed-files-web-gardens-green-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-108287 Big Elk Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:06:48 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/06/19/seed-files-web-gardens-green-internet/#comment-108287 <blockquote>But what about weeds? </blockquote> Weeds are just a type of plant which humans select against for aesthetic reasons. There's nothing inherently "wrong" with a weed. Read Michael Pollan's "Second Nature" as I recall him talking at length quite eloquently about this. <blockquote>And a lot of the time, as I am not a botanist, you cannot tell the weeds from the “plants”.</blockquote> Do it long enough and you will learn to recognize the differences. Cultivation is an on-going process

But what about weeds?

Weeds are just a type of plant which humans select against for aesthetic reasons. There’s nothing inherently “wrong” with a weed. Read Michael Pollan’s “Second Nature” as I recall him talking at length quite eloquently about this.

And a lot of the time, as I am not a botanist, you cannot tell the weeds from the “plants”.

Do it long enough and you will learn to recognize the differences. Cultivation is an on-going process

]]> By: JK http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/06/19/seed-files-web-gardens-green-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-108201 JK Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:08:03 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/06/19/seed-files-web-gardens-green-internet/#comment-108201 But what about weeds? Is not spam, phishing, Myspace the equivalent of a "web garden" but in the weed only sense? How strong are your electronic pets, animals and agent's algorithms going to be in order to fight off "the weeds"? The Internet wants to spread the seeds of weeds far and wide and it has the power to. Those who use the Internet for more benign, but genuine ends will have to wade through this technocratic advent of "genetically powered" digital information no? -- the weeds? Or should some of us begin pulling weeds when we see them from their roots? How do you do that on the Internet? I only bring this up because the other day I found myself pulling real weeds. And a lot of the time, as I am not a botanist, you cannot tell the weeds from the "plants". You just shoot from the hip and make everything look a little more clean and spaced. But who knows? But what about weeds? Is not spam, phishing, Myspace the equivalent of a “web garden” but in the weed only sense? How strong are your electronic pets, animals and agent’s algorithms going to be in order to fight off “the weeds”? The Internet wants to spread the seeds of weeds far and wide and it has the power to. Those who use the Internet for more benign, but genuine ends will have to wade through this technocratic advent of “genetically powered” digital information no? — the weeds? Or should some of us begin pulling weeds when we see them from their roots? How do you do that on the Internet?

I only bring this up because the other day I found myself pulling real weeds. And a lot of the time, as I am not a botanist, you cannot tell the weeds from the “plants”. You just shoot from the hip and make everything look a little more clean and spaced. But who knows?

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