"Whether it is constructing an igloo, hunting an antelope, lighting a fire, making a longbow or processing cassava, we learn not by understanding from first principles, but by imitating." bbc.com/news/business-
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The final conclusion in that article is beautiful but the line so fine: "When we understand from first principles, we can make progress more quickly than by trial and error and imitation. But we should not look down on the kind of collective intelligence that saved King's life."
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For some reason, this reminds me of how we only have a few 'innovation tokens' to use:
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