Of course I used the comments on PhDs to tease my friend. In reality, this article, and my friend (advancing use of VR, etc in education) are two great examples of using technology to discover and spread knowledge. Of course, network effects/diffusion are critical for the spread of knowledge. In both cases, by using accessible technology and by making knowledge digestible/approachable, you can increase the transmission rates.
This article takes a complex set of ideas and presents them by using appropriate symbols, building a base of knowledge, and then adding to it incrementally. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I hope many of you take the time to enjoy it as well.
(One final thought - one of my early JavaScript projects a couple decades ago was to write a simulation like this using Conway's Game of Life and some GIF files I created in MS Paint of red/blue dots, two types of trees, or the front/back of pigs. So there's some nostalgia boosting my enjoyment here!)
This article takes a complex set of ideas and presents them by using appropriate symbols, building a base of knowledge, and then adding to it incrementally. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I hope many of you take the time to enjoy it as well.
(One final thought - one of my early JavaScript projects a couple decades ago was to write a simulation like this using Conway's Game of Life and some GIF files I created in MS Paint of red/blue dots, two types of trees, or the front/back of pigs. So there's some nostalgia boosting my enjoyment here!)