Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies

by Cesar A. Hidalgo

The chemical changes encoded by these systems are modifying the information encoded in these chemical compounds, and therefore they represent a fundamental form of computation. Life is a consequence of the ability of matter to compute.

See, also, Stuart Kaufman’s description of autocatalysis.

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This blows up protectionism!!!!