<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv3416928273"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423307593590_10008" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv3416928273yui_3_16_0_1_1423307593590_7790">Dear Empyreans,</div><div id="yiv3416928273yui_3_16_0_1_1423307593590_7825" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv3416928273yui_3_16_0_1_1423307593590_7824" dir="ltr">Just a couple of questions. First, Ben you've presented us with some</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423307593590_10083" dir="ltr">really interesting work, both yours and Grosser's. More generally, and</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423307593590_10085" dir="ltr">picking up also on what Murat's said, I was interested in your question</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423307593590_10084" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423307593590_10089" dir="ltr">"Is it a question a tools, or a question of contexts and conceptions?" My</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423307593590_10094" dir="ltr">studies are based on literary theory and comparative literature and aes-</div><div dir="ltr">thetivcs in general. I can't say a lot about the technical aspects of New</div><div dir="ltr">Media and machine learning, so what you have to say is very welcome.</div><div dir="ltr">But my first question is: Aren't concepts tools? As infants we spend lots</div><div dir="ltr">of times sucking our toes and thumbs, figuring out what things like arms</div><div dir="ltr">and legs can do--forming concepts to put such things to work. Maybe I'm</div><div dir="ltr">leaving out something you put into your long text. Second, you speak of</div><div dir="ltr">being less interested in using grounds (?) or objects from contexts like</div><div dir="ltr">Flickr due to "lack of constraint": I'd like to ask, Wouldn't lack of cons-</div><div dir="ltr">traint add to the experimental features? Thanks for all this very welcome</div><div dir="ltr">material. It seems to me like a great renewal of Empyre's discussions.</div><div dir="ltr">Best wishes, William<br></div><div style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423307593590_10089" dir="ltr"> </div></div></div></div></div></body></html>