@aeva https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.03186

I'm just going to leave this thing I found last week, here.

May or may not be a vague correlation between knot theory and quantum computing.

@konjak I'll always prefer buying on Bandcamp, personally. You're not the first person I've heard mentioning how much better it is pay-wise for the artists.

Really wish people cared more about these sorts of things.

@aeva I think part of the problem regarding system dependencies is most people don't tend to think about them until they break, or there's something wrong.

Sort of like how we don't pay much mind to who processed/manufactured the cement, wood, bolts, screws, wire, etc. that piece together most of the physical things around us.

There's a seemingly insurmountable disconnection once networks of people and their collective work grow beyond a certain scope of breadth, depth, or complexity. In this problem, software runs on software runs on software. Eventually you get to metal, but after how many layers? Calls?

This problem extends to any structure of people. If there's a hierarchy of people, labor, parts, or goods - and there always is - you'll find this issue of increasingly absent awareness and accountability.

I have no solution, but I couldn't help but chew on it for a bit. It's a mirror image of some other problems we face today.