What things have "evolved"? Life, technology, culture, law, religion, government, money, the economy, our minds and personalities—everything
Spontaneous, bottom-up self-organization: rah! Intentional top-down plans: boo! (The Evolution of Everything by Matt Ridley in 11 words)pic.twitter.com/ihuQMYu607
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True! But—it's easy to take this to mean that thinking hard can't lead to big leaps—the US Constitution, the iPhone, etc
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Doubtful!
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I learned some cool new things, even though I'm very steeped in evolutionary ideas. It wasn't a paradigm shift though.
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It's all a spectrum right? Some things are bigger top-down leaps than others. (Though yeah, there's always a trial/error process somewhere.)
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is iteration evolution?
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curious whether you disagree with the statement I actually tweeted
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