Marius Watz: Shock and Awe, Algorithm Critique, the New Aesthetic and its Discontents

*That's very lucid and sensible. One might take issue with the conclusions, but it's great that he is airing these ideas and demonstrating these approaches. He's pitchforking the digital compost here, something fresh and vital is going to blossom.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/96778128/20120610-A-Movement-in-3-Parts-1-Shock-Awe-2-Algorithm-Critique-3-The-New-Aesthetic-And-Its-Discontents-Marius-Watz-Eyeo-2012

*I like "co-discovering with algorithms" a whole lot better than I like "making the machines your friends." Because that's all the difference between metaphoric noosphere goo and a creative practice that you can get up in the morning and do.