Diaphorum 2: Spencer-Brown’s Laws of Formless

In Laws of Form, I began with the mark: the act of drawing a distinction. / 
Yet the mark itself presupposes something deeper--
a prior domain in which no geometry is given. / 
Here I present a successor:
The Laws of Formless,
a calculus that precedes the making of form…

1. The MIDS Philosophy of Decentralized Development

MIDS---Merge / Integrate / Dogfood / Ship---forms a lightweight philosophy for decentralized development: a way for many autonomous contributors to create coherent products without heavy process or centralized gatekeeping. Each step defines a distinct layer of
responsibility, with pronouns that map the flow of agency from individual to collective.

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