## Wires 3 ontological characteristics 1) connected / enclosed(?) 2) durable (but not necessarily permanent) 3) redundant every wire is redundant - consider even the first telecom wire laid across a field... this was a coordinated activity to enable communication. Communication already existed between A and B (or else how would they have coordinated it). The wire solidifies this connection and makes it durable and renders the previous connection redundant. The information age tends toward decentralization and thus - more enduring. "Wireless" as misnomer, these technologies heavily rely on wired connections