Article snippets and news clippings

On why cybernetic ideas rather than algorithms attracted the attention of artists
On the existence of both more-model-structure and less-model-structure trends in statistical modeling
If the world is a chaotic flux of matter and energy, a seething mass of atoms everywhere, then why are there recognizable things at all?
Hayek on why a guaranteed minimum income promotes individual freedom by weakening dependence on tribalist ethnic/religious/etc. groups
InfoWorld wonders if the advent of multitasking will lead to people surreptitiously playing videogames at work
Nam June Paik on why he got into video art
On "programmable" home gaming consoles with exchangeable cartridges
Controversy over molluscs in California
Papert on Logo and learning to program