{"id":20,"date":"2011-07-18T17:25:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T01:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/?p=20"},"modified":"2011-07-18T17:25:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T01:25:55","slug":"filter-classes-as-micro-melodramas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/2011\/07\/18\/filter-classes-as-micro-melodramas\/","title":{"rendered":"Filter Classes as micro-melodramas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wonder if it would be helpful to create classes for new methods of filter reconstruction? Shirky says that information glut is caused by obsolete filters that have failed. The book publishing industry was a content filter. Internet publishing destroyed that filter. This could be classified as a \u201cResurrection\u201d filter. It\u2019s about death and rebirth.<\/p>\n

What are some other classes that we could create to stimulate the process of identifying obsolete filters? Are there micro-melodramas that we could assign to the process of filter identification\/creation?<\/p>\n

What made me think of this was an article I was reading about the pneumatic post of Paris.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.capsu.org\/library\/documents\/0003.html<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0In 1853, to speed up communication to the stock exchange, a pneumatic postal system was installed under the city to send messages to the financial market directly. The telegraph existed at that time, but messages had to be routed through a field office and then delivered to the recipient, and this slowed down the process.<\/p>\n

The pneumatic system used air pressure and tubes to deliver little notes, much like bank drive-throughs use to carry deposit slips and cash back and forth between the driver and teller. The tubes were routed through the existing sewer system to speed construction and keep costs down.<\/p>\n

This could be interpreted as a \u201creappropriation\u201d or \u201cparasite\u201d class of data transfer infrastructure. Instead of heading down one \u201cresurrection\u201d branch looking for dead filters to resurrect in different contexts as a way of reducing information overload, we could create new categories, based on micro-dramas, that spawn multiple branches.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Here are a few ideas for categories and their constituent micro-melodramas:<\/p>\n

Resurrection<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Life \u2013 Death \u2013 Rebirth<\/p>\n

Parasite \/ Reappropriation<\/strong>:\u00a0 Serve \u2013 Attach \u2013 Codepend<\/p>\n

Cyborg<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Biological Entity \u2013 mech.\/tech. graft \u2013 hybrid functionality<\/p>\n

\u00a0Once the classes are established, they would have to be correlated with actual filters and their constituent elements. This is just a brainstorming method that might help us determine what those filters might be because it begins with a description of an actual process. Once that process is sought for in the context of an information filter, the doors of perception might open for us.<\/p>\n

The classes I\u2019ve started to think of tend to have mythological themes. I think that this is valuable because it leverages the power of creativity and uses symbolism to provide opportunities for alternate interpretations that resonate at a deep emotional level.<\/p>\n

If this leads to a technological form of magical thinking, all the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wonder if it would be helpful to create classes for new methods of filter reconstruction? Shirky says that information glut is caused by obsolete filters that have failed. The book publishing industry was a content filter. Internet publishing destroyed that filter. This could be classified as a \u201cResurrection\u201d filter. It\u2019s about death and rebirth. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gregferg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}