The system continually has to make this choice: it can either continue to exploit a known process and make it more productive, or it can explore a new process at the cost of being less efficient.

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But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set...

But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set...

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around...

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around...

It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that...

It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that...

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to...

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to...

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself.

In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself.

An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.

An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like...

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like...

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because...

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because...

It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a...

It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a...

The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the...

The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the...

But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that...

But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that...

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.

Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.

And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's...

And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's...

Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far.

Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far.

The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very...

The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very...