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Out Of Control

Kevin Kelly

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Overview

This is a book about how our manufactured world has become so complex that the only way to create yet more complex things is by using the principles of biology. This means decentralized, bottom up control, evolutionary advances and error-honoring institutions. I also get into the new laws of wealth in a network-based economy, what the Biosphere 2 project in Arizona has or has not to teach us, and whether large systems can predict or be predicted. And more: restoration biology, encryption, a-life, and the lessons of hypertext. Yes, it's a romp, in 520 pages. But the best part, my friends tell me, is the 28-page annotated bibliography. If you have suspected that technology could be better, more life-like, then this book is for you. -- Product Description.

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Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1994
Pages: 521
Language: EN
Categories: Business & Economics / Industries / General, Computers / Artificial Intelligence / General, Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General, Science / Life Sciences / Biology, Science / Life Sciences / Evolution
ISBN-13: 9780201577938