References

The ideas behind beet are not new. Malleable software, learning through making, and simulation as a medium all have a long lineage, and the work below shapes the project's direction.

Malleable software

• 1967 - Marshall McLuhan - The Medium Is The Massage
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• 2024 - Maggie Appleton - Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers
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• 2025 - Bryan Cantrill - The Complexity of Simplicity
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Education

• Summary - Mindstorms
• Article - STEM beyond robotics
• Research - Promoting engagement in STEM Australia

Simulation

• The Washington Post - Social Distancing Sim
• Parable of the Polygons