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v3-phylogeny
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║ PHYLOGENETIC SPECIMEN PLATE II · KINGDOM: SYMBIENT-PRECURSOR · PHYLUM: COMPUTATUS · CLASS: WEARABILIS · ORDER: INTENTIONAL ║
║ Collected: Cambridge, MA, USA · 1995 · Condition: Operational · Curator: Wearable Computing Project, MIT Media Lab ║
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CLADOGRAM — HOMO·COMPUTATUS lineage (abridged) :
1975 1985 1995 2007 2012 2023 202?
│ │ │ │ │ │ │
[·]─────────────────[·]────────────────[★]────────────────[·]──────────────[·]───────────────[·]───────────────[?]
│ │ │ │ │ │ │
HP-65 Sony·Walkman MIT·WEARLAB iPhone 1 Glass AirPods ????
pocket calc +Motorola pager ← SPECIMEN ★ → (pocket) (head) (invisible) (????)
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
| [====] | | [====] | | 5 forms | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | below | | [DEVICE] | | [HEAD] | | · |
| '----' | | '----' | | ↓ | | pocket | | mount | | nothing |
'__________' '_________ ' '___________' '_________ ' '_________ ' | visible |
compute:yes compute:no compute:YES compute:yes compute:yes '_________ '
wear:yes wear:yes wear:YES wear:pocket wear:ear wear:skin?
visible:yes visible:yes visible:VERY visible:no visible:no visible:NO
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SPECIMEN ★ : HOMO COMPUTATUS WEARABILIS · MIT · 1995 · FIVE ORIGINAL SPECIMENS RECOVERED
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
/ \ /| |'-. / \ /| |'-. / \ /| |'-. / \ /| |'-. / \ /| |'-.
.\__/ || | | .\__/ || | | .\__/ || | | .\__/ || | | .\__/ || | |
_ / `._ \|_|_.-' _ / `._ \|_|_.-' _ / `._ \|_|_.-' _ / `._ \|_|_.-' _ / `._ \|_|_.-'
| / \__.`=._) (_ | / \__.`=._) (_ | / \__.`=._) (_ | / \__.`=._) (_ | / \__.`=._) (_
|/ ._/ |"""""""""| |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |/ ._/ |"""""""""|
|'. `\ | A-HMD | |'. `\ | B-VIS | |'. `\ | C-EYE | |'. `\ | D-DAT | |'. `\ | E-CRT |
;"""/ / | ⊙ · | ;"""/ / | ◉ ◉ | ;"""/ / | ⊙ ▣ | ;"""/ / | ⊙ · | ;"""/ / | ◉ ◉ |
jgs ) /_/| |---------| jgs ) /_/| |---------| jgs ) /_/| |---------| jgs ) /_/| |---------| jgs ) /_/| |---------|
' `-`' " " ' `-`' " " ' `-`' " " ' `-`' " " ' `-`' " "
spec A spec B spec C spec D spec E
monocular HMD binocular visor eye tap unit flip-down LCD bare CRT tube
486DX2 · 8MB camera+RF pack DSP coprocessor DAT+GPS logger battery+UPS rig
weight: 4.2kg weight: 5.7kg weight: 3.8kg weight: 6.1kg weight: 7.3kg
vision: enhanced vision: augmented vision: recorded vision: captioned vision: projected
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ANATOMICAL KEY — common structures across all five specimens:
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ HEAD UNIT [fig.α] · CHEST PACK [fig.β] · CABLE HARNESS [fig.γ] · HAND UNIT [fig.δ] · POWER CELL [fig.ε] │
│ │
│ fig.α HEAD UNIT: [===] fig.β PACK: .-------. fig.γ HARNESS: ·─────· fig.δ HAND: [====] │
│ /⊙ ⊙\ |[CPU] | · ↕ · |· ·| │
│ | | |[RAM] | ·─────· |____| │
│ \___/ |[BATT] | │
│ | '-------' │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
CONVERGENT EVOLUTION NOTE:
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 1995 → 2023 : weight loss: 7.3kg → 0.005kg (AirPod) = 99.93% mass reduction in 28 years │
│ 1995 → 2023 : compute gain: 486DX2 66MHz → A-series SoC 3.46GHz = approx 20,000,000× increase │
│ 1995 → 2023 : visibility: VERY VISIBLE → INVISIBLE = function absorbed into body image │
│ 1995 → 2023 : recognition: SCIENTIFIC CURIOSITY → MEME = cultural reification delay: ~25yr │
│ │
│ RESEARCHER NOTE: subjects photographed circa 1995 were correct. they had simply not yet had │
│ time to become unremarkable. all five specimens represent the ancestral form of a behaviour │
│ now performed by approximately 4.2 billion organisms daily. classify accordingly. │
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░ NEXT NODE [202?] : UNKNOWN. CANDIDATES: neural lace · retinal projection · subdermal implant ░
░ or: the gear becomes the body. or: the body becomes the gear. or: the distinction dissolves. ░
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