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September 11, 2007
Micro/Macro Readings
At first glance, Anderson's projection of Rockefeller Center reminded of a game I've enjoyed for years, SimCity. In that game, the player can build a city from scratch and then look at it from different views at both the micro and macro levels. One can watch individual people walk down the street and then zoom out and look at the entire city from an aerial perspective. I've always found this combination of views very interesting. At a distance, a real city indeed looks like one large organism but upon closer inspection one can see all the individual buildings, streets, cars, people and more.
I agree with Tuft's assertion that one cannot be overloaded with information. I've always believed that more is better. I don't believe that less is more. Our technology today can allow us to perceive more information no matter its density. Just like in SimCity, we can zoom in close to see and watch each individual speck of information and then zoom out to see everything at once. I enjoy having this freedom.
Posted by Armin at September 11, 2007 11:14 PM