This misses the point. Dynamicland is not trying to eliminate the internet or stop people in Palo Alto from collaborating with people in Beijing.
It is a small research project to explore what other ideas can be found in the vast space of unexplored possibilities.
You might as well say that someone writing in their paper diary takes away the communication flexibility of Facebook, or that someone moving their curtains around with motorized legos takes away the flexibility of an Alexa/Siri automated home, or that building a go-kart takes away the flexibility of the interstate highway system.
You are right that small research projects are inherently “elitist” in the sense that not everyone in the world can devote their attention to every researcher’s every idea and project. Doing some new niche thing takes significant time and work, and most people lead busy lives and largely engage with large-scale mass-market projects, by definition.
This misses the point. Dynamicland is not trying to eliminate the internet or stop people in Palo Alto from collaborating with people in Beijing.
It is a small research project to explore what other ideas can be found in the vast space of unexplored possibilities.
You might as well say that someone writing in their paper diary takes away the communication flexibility of Facebook, or that someone moving their curtains around with motorized legos takes away the flexibility of an Alexa/Siri automated home, or that building a go-kart takes away the flexibility of the interstate highway system.
You are right that small research projects are inherently “elitist” in the sense that not everyone in the world can devote their attention to every researcher’s every idea and project. Doing some new niche thing takes significant time and work, and most people lead busy lives and largely engage with large-scale mass-market projects, by definition.