Sequences of Static Snapshots ‒ Szymon Kaliski

Sequences of Static Snapshots

sequences of:
- images played back at 30fps create movement
- values changing over time create a dynamic entity (when associated with some identity)
  
  an identity is an entity that has a state, which is its value at a point in time
  
  — https://clojure.org/about/state
- memories create identity (self)
- mental associations created thinking (associationism):
  
  idea that mental processes operate by the association of one mental state with its successor states
  
  — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associationism
- static panes in comics create motion
  - this can be also used for visualising time series:
    
    (Chronophotograph by Etienne Jules Marey from "The Human Body in Action")

Computationalism

identity is a story that brain tells itself, there's no real me, each person has different simulation of me and I have one (or more) as well - self is an illusion made through Sequences of Static Snapshots

Handling History in Software

history of changes is another example of Sequences of Static Snapshots

Ladder Of Abstraction

abstracting over time:

function f(t) {
  const r = 2;
  const [x, y] = calculate(t, r);
  return [x, y];
}