On Portals and Pathways Through Reality

They may be portals: structures that increase the number of routes through reality and thereby expand the space of possible becomings.

This is wonderful. Puts words on something I have been exploring for a while now.

My favourite kind of stigmergic environment is the public surfaces that reveal the hidden layers of the urban environment.

The flyposting for the funky event space. The sticker bombing that reveals those who were once there. The graffiti and the billboarding spreading messages of hope, joy and resistance.

I am especially interested in portals located within the physical environment into digital spaces. I think there is a huge possibility space to explore here around layered cryptographic capabilities. The QR code barely scratches the surface.

We should all have the capability to leave stigmergic breadcrumbs throughout our built environment for our future selves and those who follow in our footsteps.