"I think that we are generally not very good at making decisions. Mostly, things just happen. And there are some very creative human individuals who provide the sparks to drive that process."

George Dyson | Evolution and Innovation - Information Is Cheap, Meaning Is Expensive | The European Magazine

This is a fun Q&A, a conversation about innovation and evolution with George Dyson, author of Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence and of the forthcoming Turing’s Cathedral.

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Evolution and innovation work like the human immune system: There is a library of possible responses to viruses. The body doesn’t plan ahead trying to predict what the next threat is going to be, it is trying to be ready for anything.

Hat Tip: GigaOM

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