Books, Blogs and Strange Attractors

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Strange attractors are the route from chaos to a degree of order. Impossible to identify or predict in advance, we spot them as elements begin to gather round them and form a pattern. We can begin to perceive a picture.

Centralised control continues to fall apart, whether in politics or business or acadaemia, we are looking for those patterns. for something to gather round. We have no shortage of places to look; every individual has a voice today.

Mass social media seems to me to remain a chaotic space. Huge numbers of voices, many of them robots, all seeking attention. Thoughtful and considerate posts quickly drowned out by a combination of hate, envy, misinformation and selfish agendas. They have an attention span of seconds. What could, should and yet maybe end up as a beneficial media for now is contaminated by advertisers and "celebrities" hunger for eyeballs and attention. It's where the money is.

Blogs, written and video seem different. They require more effort, a…