WETWARE Ethos

 

wet·ware

\ˈwet-ˌwer\

"WETWARE IS THE UNDERLYING GENERATIVE CODE FOR AN ORGANISM AS FOUND IN THE GENETIC MATERIAL, IN THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE CELLS, AND IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BODY'S TISSUES [BIOCYBERNETIC SOFTWARE]". (RUDY RUCKER/CYBERPUNK AUTHOR & MATHEMATICIAN). SEE ALSO: "VIEWING BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS FROM A COMPUTATIONAL STANDPOINT".

 

ETHOS:

  INVASIVE AND RAPIDLY EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY, COUPLED WITH THE LOSS OF TRADITIONAL SOCIAL ANCHORS SUCH AS RELIGION, FAMILY STRUCTURE, AND STABLE ECONOMICS HAVE BROUGHT US CLOSER THAN EVER TO THE GRITTY, CYNICAL FUTURE ENVISIONED IN  HARD SCI-FI MEDIA OF THE 1980'S AND 1990'S. A MAJOR HALLMARK OF THIS TECH-NOIR VISION IS THE CLEAR DISINTEGRATION OF THE "I", OR "INDIVIDUAL". FASHION HAS THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE VAST AMOUNTS OF PERSONAL DATA, AND THROUGH THIS VISUAL COMMUNICATION WE IDENTIFY OTHERS WITH SIMILAR INFLUENCES TO OURS, MERGE, THEN CREATE STRUCTURED SOCIAL GROUPS, GIVING US A SEMBLANCE OF INDIVIDUALITY & BELONGING SEPARATE FROM THE UNITARY MACROCYCLE. WETWARE IS FASHION FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO HARNESS THAT DATA.