[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/FutureVision vision.rst

[Benja Fallenstein]

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--- manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst:1.144   Thu Sep 18 14:43:47 2003
+++ manuscripts/FutureVision/vision.rst Thu Sep 18 14:46:38 2003
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
 
 - organize what we know about a thing, so that we can understand it better
 
-- when grappling with our problems today, 
-  to remind us of the solutions of yesteryear.
-
 - structure our thoughts
 
+- when grappling with our problems today, 
+  remind us of the solutions of yesteryear.
+
 We need a computer that helps us keep track of 
 
 - "Personal information": addresses, appointments, birthdays
@@ -192,19 +192,22 @@
 **applitude** for such a "[zone] of functionality."
 An applitude is not "walled off" from the rest of the
 system; when information from a different applitude
-is needed, it is always available [#applitudes-as-product]_. 
-
-XXX applitudes use loom buoys, so if you add
-more loom buoys, they look like a seamless part
-of the applitude. (as note?) 
-example: connect "population" information to the
-places on the historian's map
+is needed, it is always available [#applitudes-as-products]_. 
 
 Items are **not owned
 by any single applitude**: When you need to connect
 information to an item that doesn't fit into the
 current applitude, you can always do so by creating
-a new type of relationship. Items **may have roles
+a new type of relationship. 
+
+For example, besides
+connecting places on the map to historical events, our historian
+might decide to also connect them to their estimated population.
+As connections form a fundamental part of most applitudes
+anyway, adding additional connections doesn't seem out of place;
+the extensions become a seamless part of the applitude.
+
+Items **may have roles
 in more than one applitude**; for example, a person
 may exist both in our scheduling applitude, and
 the address book we use when writing e-mail.