At the end of The Impossibility of Interface, I was thinking about how Fuller points out that for interfaces to work metaphors have to be shed or else they overcomplicate what they are trying to re-present. As a vehicle a metaphor that is more concerned with itself than the destination doesn't allow a true interface.
I think about an android that is made to simulate a real human being. It looks, feels, and breathes like a human, yet its processing capapbitlities far outpace our own. While it might be a marvel of replication, confining such a mechanized being in a human form is rather limiting. Why not give it wings? Or, at least, cool lasers.
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