HOW TECHNOLOGIES ARE STRUCTURED In his book The Nature of Technology, Brian Arthur does a great service to the field of evolutionary technology, providing an important perspective regarding principles of technology development. It is through these understandings of history and the evolutionary principles that one gains not only an appreciation for both technology development in the past and the trajectory of technology today, but also a view—perhaps only a peek—into the future of technology. Arthur’s view of technology rests on three core principles: All technologies are combinations of
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