Symbiosis is a close, prolonged association between two or more different organisms of different species that may, but does not necessarily, benefit from each other. The most intriguing thing about Man-Computer Symbiosis is how in order to be most successful, man and computer must be cohesive with one another in making decisions and solving complex problems. “The hope is that, in not too many years, human brains and computing machines will be coupled together very tightly, and that the resulting partnership will think as no human brain has ever thought and process data in a way not approached by the information-handling machines we know today,”( J.C.R. Licklider.)

After reading this article a question arises, do the computers that we use on an everyday basis help us think in a way that no human brain has ever thought before? It is difficult to say because on some occasions the idea that is in a sketchbook becomes limited to the users computing capabilities. This is not symbiosis because there is not a mutual relationship between man and the computer. On the other hand, being able to effectively utilize the computer can definitely work in the designers favor. Parametric design comes into mind when thinking about these concepts. Before computers, parametric design consisted of long lists of calculations manually computed. With the advance of programs like Grasshopper and Dynamo, controlling the parameters of a design can be simulated and analyzed on an entirely different level than ever before.