Evolution of technology is non-Darwinian

• Mechanisms of technological evolution differ from Darwin’s theory of evolution

• I wrote in 2014 5b28bbc2aff09e000088da90.

  • - Darwinian evolution principle is “random → more successes by chance.”
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    • Aim for better efficiency than random by creating “methodology.
  • This “methodology” is itself Applicable Knowledge and therefore a hierarchy
    • Edge of hierarchy is “random” - Random is the worst methodology
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  • The role of economy is to determine success or failure
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    • Test for commercial availability
    • (Kevin Kelly.) Society’s collective free will.
    • Items with a variety of uses
      • = something that couples with many things
      • = high integrity.
      • There is a positive bias (openness bias) toward openness.

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