Design Like God

Design at a lower level
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Today we generally accept the we were not designed, but evolved to become what we are today.

The theory of evolution does not explain how organisms got to the stage at which they were capable of evolving, but whether God, chance or something entirely different was responsible for our initial design, it was not in the form we take today. We are the result of an evolving algorithm run over millions of iterations.

Designers tend to be either out to change the world, become Gods or both. If we truly wish to become design Gods, we should consider designing like Gods. Stop designing the final iteration of a product and start thinking about the seed that evolves into the product.

Start with…

for(float v=-PI/2; v<=PI/2+inc; v+=inc){

for(float u=0; u<=TWO_PI+inc; u+=inc){

}

}

UVSphere

and see how far you come.

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