[syndicate] RODS and The Revenge of Gaia

[Alan Sondheim]

RODS


http://www.asondheim.org/rods.mp4 long but when hasn't it been
worth it

learning chinese rod arithmetic (precursor of the abacus); positions
slip out but the procedure is simpler and faster. 0 is indicated by
place only, - sometimes 5 sometimes 1 | sometimes 5 sometimes 1 place
is important

the mystery lies in the clearing of the space and its frisson of
rearrangement

in the bone and skeleton of enumeration
bones disappear in evaluation of 0
places slide across surface, skin, world, map

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