When you give a tree an email address
From http://twentythree.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-168-do-object...".. Something strange happens however when objects acquire connectivity, semantic depth, and the powers of computation and memory – they immediately and drastically transgress the ontological borders assigned to them.... spimes actively enfold space and time because they have the capacity to carry around their entire existence as a semantic layer.... anthropomorphic metaphors are a way for humans to bridge the chasm between ourselves and objects. They create affective resonance between a human and a thing, thereby bringing us onto the same ontological plane."