The image in the illustration above shows how a string that binds to different parts of a string of DNA causes a new configuration. Why not use the same principle to bind the meaning of small hunks of meaning in the open online ecology? When you think about it, something like that is already happening through tagging. Webpages with the same tags are clumped together during keyword searching.
Most importantly, the principle that is illustrated suggests what could be done by working at the nano level of the internet to enrich content. The illustration demonstrates that reducing ideas to their very small components makes possible new and multiple combinations. Typical educational curricula start from the whole big idea, restricting the flexibility of the pieces that compose the subject.
You will see that I am extrapolating an idea that is a stretch from the subject in the TED talk by Paul Rothemund where I found the illustration. It is a very interesting talk on DNA Origami. Clicking the illustration will take you to the talk.
