"The first bit—let’s call it Bit A — was born on the sensor of a Cannon 5D Mark II camera. A ray of..."

“The first bit—let’s call it Bit A — was born on the sensor of a Cannon 5D Mark II camera. A ray of light glancing off a black plastic handle of baby stroller in New York City enters the glass lens of the camera and is focused onto a small sheet the size of a large postage stamp. This dull rainbow-colored surface is divided up into 21 million rectangular dimples. The light photons from the white highlight of stroller handle pass through a mosaic of red, green and blue filters in the camera, and collect in the micro-well of red pixel #6,724,573. Outside, when the photographer trips the shutter button, red pixel #6,724,573 counts the number of photons it has collected, compares it to its green and blue neighbors, and calculates the color it has captured.”



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Kevin Kelly: What Bits Want — The Message — Medium

So far, this is my favorite thing on Medium. It’s one of my favorite things I’ve read in a while.

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