Weekly Inchoate No. 7
Summarizing the week's posts -- Biomimicry, techno-optimism vs romanticism, the re-wilding debate
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This week’s posts focus on biomimicry and other idealistic efforts.
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Slime Molds & the Tokyo Railway
This story made headlines back in 2010, but a new series of posts on slime molds at the Biomimicry Institute has me gaping a bit in awe over the power of nature to inform human engineering — whether retrospective or prospectively. This week we’ll dive a bit into biomimicry as a viable strategy for navigating the Anthropocene.
Techno-optimists vs the Romantics
Hi folks, Posts may be a little erratic for the rest of this week. I’m going to change up the Daily Inchoate to be part of a single publication on Substack going forward. Probably you will need to opt in to keep receiving emails daily (more or less). More on all this later.
The Re-wilding Debate
First, watch this short 4:30 minute film. It’s ten years old and has received 44 million views.
Biomimetic Architecture
In another life I might have been an architect. I love the idea of combining engineering and technical design with artistic sensibilities. AND the need to put it all into context and situatedness. AND the necessity of practical, purposeful use. AND the historical quasi-permanence of b…
Biomimicry Institute
For resource Friday, today I’m sharing the major resource for biomimicry. Unsurprisingly, it’s the Biomimicry Institute — Nature-Inspired Innovation. You’ll find introductions to the field along with plenty of youth-oriented educational and adult-oriented business-related resources, including an accelerator for creative folks working on biomimicry-inspi…