Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines - Hardcover

Kelly, Kevin

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9781857020199: Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines

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ISBN 10: 1857020197 ISBN 13: 9781857020199

Publisher: Fourth Estate, 1994

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Provides an explanation to the lay reader of the science of artificial evolution. In recent years humans have built systems that approach the complexity of nature and these mechanical systems have shown unforeseen signs of life, evolution and learning. The author refers to these systems as "Emergent Worlds". The law of the "Emergent World" is that no one can be in control. For the book, Kevin Kelly has interviewed the leading researchers in the field. Kevin Kelly is the editor of "Whole Earth Review".

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Why you should read this book
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.

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Kevin Kelly, executive editor of ‘Wired’, was formerly publisher and editor of ‘Whole Earth Review’. He is the author of the highly acclaimed ‘Out of Control.’

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