World as Numbers : Living in an Algorithmic Culture
Koskimaa, R. (2016). World as Numbers : Living in an Algorithmic Culture. In E. Torrence, B. Torrence, C. H. Séquin, D. McKenna, K. Fenyvesi, & R. Sarhangi (Eds.), Proceedings of Bridges 2016 : Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture. Bridges Finland (pp. 9-14). Tessellations Publishing. Bridges Conference Proceedings. http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2016/bridges2016-9.pdf
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There is a long tradition of trying to grasp the world around us in mathematical terms. From early man perceiving
the motion of celestial bodies, to Pythagoras’ ‘celestial harmony’ and to Kepler’s and Newton’s laws of motion,
calculations have provided ways to reduce the messy world of instances to a handful of mathematical formulae.
Einstein’s Relativity Theory, and even more the quantum physics, complicated the situation, but still, even with
random elements involved, the statistics could provide a model to understand the processes of the universe. When
calculations grew ever more complex, and computers became necessary tools to deal with them, this lead to the idea
of seeing the whole of the universe as a vast computer. As computers have become ubiquitous, they have provided
a basis for the contemporary digital culture, where algorithmic processes govern all aspects of human life. Whereas
the scientific models provided a way to understand and predict natural processes, in algorithmic culture we are
building and constructing a programmed environment, in which an understanding of the principles of computer
algorithms should be considered as a fundamental civic skill. Mathematics pedagogy could benefit from augmented
reality applications combined with math-art approaches, to better cope with our algorithmic culture.
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