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De Landa, Manuel. A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History. New York: Zone Books, 1997.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
they reappear in recognizable form as you zoom in and out, from molecule to neuron to pixel to sidewalk.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
The second epoch began when nature invented modifiable nervous systems that could quickly form memories.
Sandra Blakeslee • On Intelligence
Bateson, Gregory. Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity. Cresskill, N.J.: Hampton Press, 2002.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
As Douglas Adams writes, “There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
Walter Isaacson • Elon Musk
chaos is a science of process rather than state, of becoming rather than being.
James Gleick • Chaos: Making a New Science
it results in a kind of cosmic ballet that plays out on stages that range from our bodies to the universe as a whole.