Sukhoi_SuperJet_100_(5114478300) Type post Author Winston Ewert Date July 16, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionTechnology Tagged , agency, algorithmic logic units, avida, Brain Potter, Brian Arthur, circuits, combinations, comparators, complex circuits, components, computer simulation, decoders, digital logic circuits, economists, encoders, evolution, functionality, functions, multiplexers, Nature (journal), needs, population counters, Richard Lenski, Robert Pennock, stepping stones, technology Technological Evolution: Accidentally Demonstrating the Limits of Evolution Winston Ewert July 16, 2026 Evolution, Technology 4 While economist Brian Arthur models the development of technology, he refers to it as the “evolution” of technology. Read More ›
how-microservices-enhance-application-modularity-894050804-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Winston Ewert Date July 15, 2026 CategoriesBiologyEngineeringTechnology Tagged , biological systems, biology, Brain Potter, Brian Arthur, combinations, Construction Physics, economists, engineering, evolutionary theory, functionality, genes, genetic recombination, horizontal gene transfer, information, intelligent design, modularity, mutations, recombination, sexual reproduction, subcomponents, technology Modularity: Insufficient for and Unexplained by Evolution Winston Ewert July 15, 2026 Biology, Engineering, Technology 3 The fundamental problem with this analysis is that sexual reproduction does not make anything modular. Read More ›
Locustamigratoria-Szaranczawedrowna-Migratorylocu Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date June 23, 2026 CategoriesCultural AnthropologyZoology Tagged , AI bots, bugs, consumers, DuckDuckGo, Duke University, economists, fast food, food, food products, hypocrisy, insects, investment, Jeffrey A. Tucker, Nature (journal), nutrition, pasta, preference cascade, preference falsification, protein, protein bars, self-censorship, Sentient Media, Seth Millstein, social pressure, soldiers, Timur Kuran, United Nations To Be Honest, Most Humans Don’t Want Insect Burgers Denyse O’Leary June 23, 2026 Cultural Anthropology, Zoology 3 What’s going on here may well be a case of preference falsification, a concept developed by Duke University economist Timur Kuran. Read More ›
