Physics as Freedom

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Slim 임승찬 Seung Chan Lim

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Physics as Freedom

Physics as Freedom ?

“ [Tools] constitute a kind of language for the society that employs them, a language of social action. - J O S EP H W E I Z EN B AU M , A UT HO R + P R O F ESS O R

“ Why can’t I manipulate the features found on software applications?

“ Why can’t I manipulate the features found on software applications? If I could, what would I change, and how would that affect what I do with computing devices?

“ Why can’t I see how abstract numbers are physically manifest inside computing devices?

“ Why can’t I see how abstract numbers are physically manifest inside computing devices? If I could, can I measure them and have a reference for understanding what they are?

“ Why can’t I move my software tools around?

“ Why can’t I move my software tools around? If I could, where would I move them to, and how would this change the nature of the digital artifacts I make?

“ Why can’t I see how software tools work?

“ Why can’t I see how software tools work? If I could, what would I learn from them, and how would this knowledge change my undersatnding of computation?

“ Why can’t I modify ﬁles to ﬁt into any application?

“ Why can’t I modify ﬁles to ﬁt into any application? If I could, how would this affect how I choose what information to acquire and what tools to buy?

“ Why can’t I see what digital texts or images are made of?

“ Why can’t I see what digital texts or images are made of? If I could, how would my understanding of information change?

“ Why aren’t the verbs I use every day the same as the verbs I use in software?

“ Why aren’t the verbs I use every day the same as the verbs I use in software? If they were, how would my understanding of computation change?

“ Why can’t I sense signs of problem before they happen on computing devices?

“ Why can’t I sense signs of problem before they happen on computing devices? If I could, how would it change the way I make make choices on how I act?

“ Why can’t I perceive the bits, bytes, and the processes?

“ Why can’t I perceive the bits, the bytes, and the processes? If I could, how would it change my relationship to information and computation?

“ Why can’t I explain myself to these artiﬁcially intelligent entities?

“ Why can’t I explain myself to these artiﬁcially intelligent entities? If I could, how would it affect my relationship with artiﬁcial intelligence?

“ Why can’t I have moments of quiet time on the Web?

“ Why can’t I have moments of quiet time on the Web? If I could, how would it affect how I learn and seek new knowledge?

“ Why aren’t there more child prodigies building innovative software?

“ Why aren’t there more child prodigies building innovative software? If there were, how would it change the future of computing?

“ All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. - S WA MI VIVE KANANDA , GURU

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“ Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. - H E R B ER T S IM ON , S OCIA L S CIE N TI S T + PSYCHOLOGIS T

“ The most fun happens in music when you're not doing it, when the music plays itself. Why is this night different than all other nights? Why is music different from anything else in life? When we let things ﬂow, joy happens. - E D DI E DAN I EL S , JA ZZ CLA RINE T PL AY ER

“ At the moment the body loses balance and the center of gravity is lost, all action is made impossible, for all our forceful actions are possible only in a stabilized posture. - KE NJI TOMIKI , FOUN DE R OF SH ODOKA N

“ [Becoming healthy] begins with understanding the body and how it is supposed to be working. It continues with the application of what is learned on a consistent basis. - B YRON J . RICH ARDS , CRITICA L CA RE NURSE

“ Writing is a tool of transformation and can shine the light on the inside, dispelling darkness, taking us through external layers, bringing us closer to our souls. - H I LLAR Y CARL IP , AUTHOR + PE RFORMER

“ What I strive most to achieve in art is to make you forget the material. The sculptor must... communicate whatever struck his sensibility, so that a person beholding his work may experience in its entirety the emotion felt by the artist while he observed nature. - M E DA R DO R OSS O , S CULPTOR

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