Growth
Active Fractals
May 13, 2021“Fractals can be found throughout nature; they are a complex network of patterns and relationships that portray the incremental growth of life. Found in snowflakes, trees, oceans and clouds, it can be used to understand rules and formulas that govern the environment at various scales.
Active fractals can be used as a model for the endlessly morphing network of modern behaviors in cities over time, from local to global scales. By defining the parameters and limits of fractal infrastructures, we can start to change spatial systems while still accommodating for individual variety and temporal growth.” –Sirenia Yookyung Kim
Rilke
Four our ancestors, a house, a fountain, even clothing, a coat, was much more intimate. Each thing, almost, was a vessel in which what was human found and defined itself.
Now, From America, empty, indifferent things sweep in…pretend things, life-traps…a house, in the American sense, an American apple, a grapevine, bears no relation to the hope and contemplation with which our ancestors informed and behold them.
November 13, 1925
From Seth Godin
July 7, 2015Templates for organic and viral growth
Each of these examples is different, but they all share common traits.
Invent a connection venue or format, but give up some control.
Show it can be done, but don’t insist that it be done precisely the same way you did it.
Establish a cultural norm.
Get out of the way…
Crossfit
EDM shows
Do Lectures
The Girl Scouts
Airbnb listings
No kill shelters
Vertical TEDx’s
Meetup events
Night basketball
Farmers’ markets
Rock climbing gyms
Alcoholics Anonymous
Ultimate frisbee leagues
Independent record stores
Grateful Dead cover bands
True Value hardware stores
Habitat for Humanity chapters
Seth Godin ❥❥
June 2, 2015“The heart of real growth is a simple idea: People decide to tell other people.”