Cells have membranes for a reason. Without a membrane every random chemical contaminant will enter the cell and disrupt its metabolic function.
Your CPU has a case for a reason. It won't work very well if you pop it open and touch its surface. Computers also don't work that well if they are not electrically isolated or grounded from things like electrostatic discharge.
Networks have firewalls and/or authentication mechanisms for a reason. Without them they get compromised by black hat hackers and malware.
It's not that this kind of "high modernism" denies human nature. It's that it denies something fundamental to life itself and to the maintenance of any complex system: boundaries. No form of complex structure can persist without boundaries-- usually multiple nested levels of boundaries. Removing all boundaries just causes things to collapse down to a lower level of complexity/structure.
Interesting. Going along with the biological metaphor - maybe what is needed is a) redefining the boundaries and cohesion in smaller units of organization (e.g. local communities) and b) a more organized circulatory system vs. a kind of directionless diffusion (i.e. current social media).
Your CPU has a case for a reason. It won't work very well if you pop it open and touch its surface. Computers also don't work that well if they are not electrically isolated or grounded from things like electrostatic discharge.
Networks have firewalls and/or authentication mechanisms for a reason. Without them they get compromised by black hat hackers and malware.
It's not that this kind of "high modernism" denies human nature. It's that it denies something fundamental to life itself and to the maintenance of any complex system: boundaries. No form of complex structure can persist without boundaries-- usually multiple nested levels of boundaries. Removing all boundaries just causes things to collapse down to a lower level of complexity/structure.