"A standalone object, no matter how well designed, has limited potential for new weirdness. A..."

“A standalone object, no matter how well designed, has limited potential for new weirdness. A connected object, one that is a node in a network that interacts in some way with other nodes, can give birth to a hundred unique relationships that it never could do while unconnected. Out of this tangle of possible links come myriad new niches for innovations and interactions.”

- Kevin Kelly (via inthenoosphere)