Rule

For example, the ability of computational systems to establish rules as genuine constraints where an analogous human legal system can only penalize violations makes possible Patterns of Organization that can only be approximated in society.

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At some point it hit me that the work on view at Marian Goodman's occupied a span of time equivalent to that of my own lifetime: 1989 to today. White collar jobs, tourist photography, diversity training, international art, global capital, the information superhighway, toned as a racehorse, real tears, when, during a monologue, Andrea Fraser stumbles upon the women's movement. When the artist steps into the elevator with Goodman's staff and a few stragglers, she leans up against the stainless steel panels and swoons: "It felt like a reunion."

Social Rules and the State as a Social Actor [1975] pdf