futurecast: a social graph enabled superorganism

16 Dec, 2008 • posts i've written • No comments

Nanotechnology + semantically enabled devices + a giant global graph of connections between humans and data could one day create the ultimate superorganism houseplant or pet.

Imagine an organism that grows in relation to the strength and abundance of one’s social graph. Picture it on your desk and think of it as the new pet rock of 2045. Gain a few friends on future facebook and the organism grows. Now picture the same product on desks all over the world and consider the consequence of their inter-communication and co-dependence. Healthy growth from one spurs growth among them all. Suddenly you have a superorganism that is a living manifestation of the giant global graph.

It’s a chia-pet on crack.

I’d love to build this as many art pieces connected to many individual’s Facebook social graph.