It's what Bucky Fuller called "ephemeralization", the substitution of design information for material and energy costs.— Armed and Dangerous
This continues a historical trend, and there are causal reasons (ephemeralization and the efficiency-seeking effects of markets) to believe it's happening everywhere on earth.— Armed and Dangerous
Tim Griffin explains, the "issues in play" now - "energy-related, economic, environmental - are enmeshed in questions of sustainability, ephemeralization, and cross-disciplinary negotiation that Fuller took as his fundamental subjects more than four decades ago."— GreenCine Daily
Fuller talked about the "ephemeralization" of stuff-the things you need will get lighter and less massive, smaller, etc. Including communications, for instance, or power generation.— WordPress.com News
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