Digital technology has rapidly transformed the world as we know it. It has penetrated every aspect of our existence and will continue to make inroads. Although the Internet is a part of this transformation, all aspects of our lives: transportation, entertainment, cooking, communication, finance and economics, publishing, reading, writing, and on and on... digital code has transformative power.
Digital code is the sorcer's apprentice. It is the secret magical word, the abracadabra of modern life. It is no accident that it is dependent on electrical energy. The structure of humans is also dependent on electrical connections through nerve endings so impulses are transmitted back and forth to strategic locations. Electricity is the primary ethos, emulating the energy of the cosmos. The supreme energy is light, and nothing can compare with the speed of light. The speed of light is the structuring force of the universe. Light is the ultimate communication, defining existence, "Let there be light!"
Our discovery of the binary system is the discovery of ourselves. The essence of the binary system is the yin and yang, the negative and the positive, the state of on and off. From the simplicity of this fundamental truth comes all complex structures and events. Time itself is the manifestation of this simple structure.
This binary reality makes it possible for us to find fundamental pathways that link our processes and ideas and unify knowledge. This is an incredible age of discovery. Right now, we are dazzled by its novelty, but we are also rocketing to a new awareness of the possibilities of what we can become.
1 comment:
You said " The essence of the binary system is the yin and yang, the negative and the positive, the state of on and off." I totolly agree with this creative connection, but I have a little point to add.
In Chinese language, "Yin" and "Yang" have more complecated meaning. They refer to moon and sun, dark and bright, female and male, sad and happy, and much more... In my opinion, all technologies are following this basic priciple in order to meet people's need. As the old Chinese philosophy goes: everything goes to the right order with a unison of Yin and Yang.
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