Patrick Whitney

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  • Title: Information, Computers and Design
    Writing Type: Paper
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    Exhibition: SIGGRAPH 1984: CAD Show
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    The Dilemma of the Specific and the General
    In the Yucatan peninsula, corn is planted by Indian farmers in the same way it was done hundreds of years ago. The farmer wears a sack filled with seed slung over one shoulder. As he walks the field’s rows, he uses a long stick to make holes in the ground into which he drops seeds. Although the stick is a simple tool, it is not naive. It has features that make it well-suited for its task: it is long enough so the farmer can make the hole without bending to the ground; and, the end of the stick is sharpened to a point to make the hole for the seed.

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