So a laser printer is possible when you have computer technology, laser technology, and a Xerox reproducing technology. But it is also only possible because people need fancy, high-speed printing." In short, technologies form a highly interconnected web—or in Kauffman's language, a network. Furthermore, these technological webs are highly dynamic and unstable. They can grow in a fashion that is almost organic, as when laser printers give rise to desktop publishing software, and desktop publishing opens up a new niche for graphics programs.
