Sublime

it all was somehow grander, more in the old spirit than the actual world. The world of German hegemony.

“Growth, Innovation, Scaling, and the Pace of Life in Cities,” by Bettencourt, et al. A thoughtful layperson’s introduction to Kleiber’s law and its application to urban culture can be found in George Johnson’s “Of Mice and Elephants: A Matter of Scale.”

triplicated.

Each of the systems interacts with its environment in a game-like way: sequences of action (“moves”) occasionally produce payoff, special inputs that provide the system with the wherewithal for continued existence and adaptation.