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Ground-breaking yet non-technical analysis of the analogy that technological artefacts 'evolve' like biological organisms.
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Only those inventions that survive the test of use are reproduced. Technological artefacts thus 'evolve' like biological organisms. For the first time, leading experts from many disciplines discuss this analogy thoroughly in non-technical language, showing how it throws a new light on many aspects of social and economic change.
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