Sunday, June 06, 2004

It still amazes me what a completely new paradigm the Web is and is evolving into, and how little people understand it. I don't have a thorough understanding of all of the chemistry and biology and physics involved, but I feel as if my anthropology training has given me a better picture than most of the  whole system, and the potential cultural and business ramifications. There are pieces of every Web site we've done that make me want to shout for joy, when the client gets something, and pieces that make me want to cry. I was thinking last night about what a civilized and sublime game baseball is. And today, out on the golf course, finally hitting the ball well when I reminded myself to let the club do the work, which also made me think of the fact that a good stroke maximizes your energy efficiency, on all levels - the mechanics of hitting the ball, directing it to a desired location, thereby reducing the number of strokes and walking and environmental damage, and that practicing on the driving range is about finding that place consistently, and Pujols almost constant contact with the ball, and how even running and swimming are analagous - with the amount of time spent in cardio vascular activities improving the efficiency, rather than muscling through exercise. I think I may be able to use this notion when I'm able to start running again, to let my body find its maximum return. I was also thinking of how civilized and sublime the concept of using the physics that might otherwise be used for weapons or actual dominion applied to games, that how wonderful it would be to have export of democracy through games, and the communiy infrastructure that develop around them, rather than militarily, which still seems oxymoronic. 2:44:47 AM