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Minification
The act of making something less or smaller in order to achieve a faster, smaller and more seemingly simpler life.

Widgification
To utilize a small software devices to compact vast amounts of information and into bite sized chunks. Eg; Desktop widgets within an operating system; RSS readers within the internet environment.

Multi.Scalar
Information that is able to automatically reduce itself to suit the medium that it is being transmitted though. For example, web pages that run at full detail on normal computers, but are self scaling for presentation on a television or mobile telephone.

Macropuncture
The art of distilling an entire system by focusing on an specific individual point that is believed to be representative of the complete system.

Consumology
The science of consumerism and how everyday useless items can be made desirable by the average person.

Time Compaction [expansion]
The utilisation of contemporary minification techniques en masse to compress the access and exposure to information and experiences into a smaller time period.
This phenomena has the reverse effect, it expands time. By experiencing more things in a set period of time, an individuals perception of how much can be achieved is extended, in turn giving the impression of extending time.

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