Stewart Brand, "How Buildings Learn" (1994): "Whereas Low Road buildings are successively gutted and begun anew, High Road buildings are successively refined. These are precisely the two principal strategies of biological populations-- the opportunist versus the preserver: 'r-strategy' versus 'K-strategy' in the jargon. It is the difference between annual and perennial plants-- between weeds like dandelions which scatter profuse seed to the winds, and dominant species like oak trees, which nurture their few acorns and build an environment that protects the next generation. Individuals of opportunistic species are typically small, short-lived, and independent, putting all their energy into productivity. Preserver species are more often large, long-lived, densely interdependent and competitive, rationing their energy for high efficiency."
The Raku Study Group Sunday March 29, 2026 1pm in California, 9pm in the UK An informal meeting: drop by when you can, show us what you've got, ask and answer questions, or just listen and lurk. Perl and programming in general are fair game, along with Raku, Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81063399254?pwd=GXCs7ovFDWt4sPmgpSBbrNzEqoI6NO.1 Passcode: 4RakuRoll Information about upcoming meetings can always be found here: https://github.com/doomvox/raku-study/blob/main/README.md
