April 04, 2015 at 04:08PM
"The equivalent of the genes that act in organisms will have to be software packages, acting in society." #readingToday  

But, today, I am convinced that the equivalent of the genes that act in organisms will have to be -- or at least can be -- software packages, acting in society. If these software packages are life creating, and accepted, and widely enough spread throughout the world, there is a chance we might get a grip on this problem: provided that the software is freeing, liberating, allows each person individual control and decision making power to do the right thing, and to create living structure, locally, wherever they are. This task must fall, inevitably, at least in part, on your shoulders.

The Origins of Pattern Theory. the Future of the Theory,. And The Generation of a Living World. by. Christopher Alexander. The following presentation was recorded live in San Jose, California, October of 1996, at The 1996 ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programs, Systems, Languages and ...