#exaptation

2024-09-10

@JeremyMallin

Once we imitated enough sounds, we had a repertoire from which to #remix.

Here's a #coevolution fractal duality: #adaptation & #exaptation. Copy/re-create & adopt what exists, and/or modify & repurpose/create something new. (repeat)

After sharing common perception of sound, sight, smells, taste & touch, we were left with the still difficult part of putting words to our feelings & emotions. Hard to escape the abstraction there.

Roberto Hortalrhortal
2022-12-19

An interesting article about , with references to the phenomenon of for extra marks. Not a light read, but makes a point worth making: The Stormtrooper Problem: Why Thought Diversity Makes Us Better buff.ly/3Fvppvi

2022-11-28

@jessegoldman @bryankam I had my own reluctance, but that was taken care of above.

Since you tagged #philosophy...

I'd add that framing matters, including for self-talk. So my following questions are not meant to be end alls to the problem (I struggle with it too), but rather, at least a starting point for working through the process to find what works for you.

Did you start producing art because you thought there wasn't enough out there? If not, the question seems to not produce helpful answers.

Why did you begin with the art you do? Here you might get into one of the most common aspects, especially after some years go by, and maybe you're doing it as a means of income.

If the market is saturated, and that makes selling your work harder, what new evolutions could you spin up that would help set your work apart?

Sometimes setting down our main interest for a time & shifting to something else adds just the right amount of diversity to our mindsets that enables a personal renaissance.

If there's a message your art conveys to the audience, #exaptation on your end should result in the same on theirs.

Some disincentives never go away, they are just overpowered be new & better incentives!

2022-11-26

@drmakimber @Davidtoddmccarty @jonah

Good analogy.

Now imagine a "newspaper" with only headlines, and leaders to "See page 13, section b for this story".

Not a perfect model for digital content will all #CWs, but the flow & enjoyment (as well as disappointment or disgust) are gone from the #experience.

The universe rarely creates anything new or beneficial from the parts already being used. See #exaptation.

People with special needs should set up their account accordingly. #Mastodon has plenty of features to help do that.

Client Info

Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.07
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst