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Bricolage N Construction Characterized Improvisation Opportunistic Materials Happen

Word bricolage
Definition n. Construction characterized by improvisation and the opportunistic use of materials that happen to be available.
Sentence Together, such active creative regions constitute the global technology frontier: the worldwide zone of bricolage.
Source Breaking Smart: How Software is Eating the World, Venkatesh Rao

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