Eco-Vis Challenge No.2

Electronic Dictionary word association.

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the flow - technology

The idea of the "space of flows"in a modern world - "flows of people, capital, information, technology, images, sounds, and symbols."

"Flows are not just one element of social organization", which they all have to work together. I believe that technology has become the most important element in the society. Technology has become the main domination in our world lately.

"Technology is a product of human decisions and actions." Technology didn't exist naturally, human beings are the ones who created technologies. We redesign the world / space in order to give themselves changes and improve their lives.

"Redesigning the space of flows needs to be continuous, rather than episodic." Humans should put more emphasis on the functionality on an object rather than the appearance. This way, it helps people the understand the idea of what and why they are using. I think apple is a really successful example, they create all these modern like and functional gadgets, and which of course it attracts many customers to join into their world. They make different kind of products to help to people the follow the trend and also send messages to others that this is what the new world should be and will be.

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What is mapping???

"maps intrigue us...These are maps that find their essence in some other goal than just taking us from point A to point B."

There is no "right" or "wrong" in map, you can also put imaginations in it. It only matters if you could tell your story or deliver the information to the people. Like, a three-year-old kid can do their own mapping, the drawings are mainly from her imagination, and yet it makes no sense to us because the ideas weren't come from the audiences. So, it is important to create a map from other's point of view instead of your own.

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