While sitting in a lecture on digital audio theory and applications, I realized that we mirror evolution in mostly everything we do particularly in technology. We were discussing interfaces and connectors (USB, Firewird, MIDI, Coaxial, Lightpipe) and I realized that as time progresses and Moore's law stays intact, we are indeed creating more ways to interface our products which are in reality prehensile extensions of our mind and body. The prehensile tail, the prehensile thumb..the prehensile iPhone. A technology which immaculately illustrates growth towards singularity and compartmentalization.
All of the interfaces use different types of connectors as the need for more data transmission occurs in a world of continual growing digital diversity. For example, USB has been a standard since the late 90's, firewire quickly followed suit. This is quite similar to how in cell biology the nervous system evolved certain types of transmitters in an effort to adapt continually to a growing environment of diversity. GABA to control and regulate breathing in a specimen with a growing brainstem..dopamine to begin controlling more complex emotions and reward systems once the brain stem moved into the neo cortex era.
If we look carefully at the method in which technology is growing, we can also draw some direct parallel's to how we are evolving technologically. We keep growing outwards. What is useful is kept...generally. What is useless remains until it is forgotten. Interfacing is a level below modularization. We can also see modularization in digital audio theory in modular synthesis of the 1970's. Modularization in the brain began as phrenology and upgraded itself into an official citizen in science once we starting discovering certain brain areas are responsible for specific functions.
We are cascading into the future, like tobogganing up and endless mountain with infinite levels of complexity. I'm glad my emotionally laden title for this blog tricked you into reading this...emotions sell.
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