When we permit any object to transmit a small amount of data and to receive input from its neighborhood, we change an inert object into an animated node. (Kevin Kelly (editor))

When we permit any object to transmit a small amount of data and to receive input from its neighborhood, we change an inert object into an animated node.

Kevin Kelly (editor)

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