{"id":4612,"date":"2011-01-09T11:39:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T11:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/01\/09\/as-the-visionary-kevin-kelly-wrote-in-an-essay\/"},"modified":"2011-01-09T11:39:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T11:39:29","slug":"as-the-visionary-kevin-kelly-wrote-in-an-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/01\/09\/as-the-visionary-kevin-kelly-wrote-in-an-essay\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>As the visionary Kevin Kelly wrote in an essay called \u201cTriumph of the Default,\u201d engineers can influence the behavior of their users: Therefore the privilege of establishing what value the default is set at is an act of power and influence. Defaults are a tool not only for individuals to tame choices, but for systems designers\u2014those who set the presets\u2014to steer the system. The architecture of these choices can profoundly shape the culture of that system\u2019s use.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'>\n<p><strong>Shirky, Clay.<\/strong> <em>Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age<\/em>. London: Allen Lane, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/carvalhais.tumblr.com\/\">carvalhais<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/purestform.tumblr.com\/\">purestform<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the visionary Kevin Kelly wrote in an essay called \u201cTriumph of the Default,\u201d engineers can influence the behavior of their users: Therefore the privilege of establishing what value the default is set at is an act of power and influence. Defaults are a tool not only for individuals to tame choices, but for systems [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-1co","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5222,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/07\/daadiorg-having-a-go-at-trying-to-figure-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":4612,"position":0},"title":"daadi.org: Having a go at\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"March 7, 2011","format":"gallery","excerpt":"daadi.org: Having a go at trying to figure out how many access points are deployed , where and how accessible they are\u2026 this is just run one!! and tagged over 1600 access points\u2026much more to go\u2026. i will put the full list for download once i am done\u2026 at least\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/tumblr_lhopdtbXY81qhgpouo1_1280.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4090,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/02\/23\/i-am-under-the-influence-i-am-above-the\/","url_meta":{"origin":4612,"position":1},"title":"\u2610 I am under the\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"February 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2610 I am under the influence. \u2610 I am above the influence. \u2611 I am the fucking influence.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;motion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5245,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/26\/male-wifi-access-points-geo-tagged-and-it-looks\/","url_meta":{"origin":4612,"position":2},"title":"MALE\u2019 WIFI ACCESS POINTS GEO-TAGGED!\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"March 26, 2011","format":"gallery","excerpt":"MALE\u2019 WIFI ACCESS POINTS GEO-TAGGED! 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