[ubuntu-za] The Dymaxion Thread

[Robert Holm]

On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 14:00 +0200, David Robert Lewis wrote:
> I guess this is probably going to lead to a posting on Indlovu and leads 
> on from my earlier quesioning about versioning, and how we can escape 
> the insane Canonical versioning system, whilst still adhearing to Ubuntu.
> 
> The Dymaxion, is a word I use to refer to the final form of a 
> technology. It was coined by an associate of Bucky Fuller who saw it as 
> an encapsulation of his ideas.
> 
> In which case, the idea is that for most instances, nothing can be done 
> to improve the basic form of a solid, eg: a Geodesic Dome.
> 
> For example, an Icosohedron is a basic structure. Once technology 
> reaches its dymaxion or  ultimate truth, no advancement can occur unless 
> there is a paradigmatic shift to a new level of organisation or 
> consciousness. I'm not about to get religious hear, its just easy to 
> forget that most progress happens relatively early on in any project and 
> over time reaches stasis, unless a new form of radical organisation is 
> proposed.
> 
> Hence the Dymaxion Thread.

Doesn't this sort of thing rather belong on a personal blog?
In my opinion this is not the purpose of the mailing list.

Robert