> Our architectures tend to emphasize stability (present usefulness) over the intermediate nature of such things.
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> As an example, we often choose formats which privilege sharing (present usefulness) at the expense of remix (intermediacy). I first encountered this when looking at OpenCourseWare (OCW) in the mid-aughts. In the quest to share things in “open” formats, providers had shared PowerPoints in PDF, a widely readable format that increased shareability at the expense of remix. In one fell swoop, this decision transformed what could have been an emergent pattern into yet another for of publication. [source](https://hapgood.us/2016/04/30/simons-watchmakers-and-the-future-of-courseware/)