Idea engines: Unifying innovation & obsolescence from markets & genetic evolution to science

SignificanceWe introduce a mathematical model to connect innovation and obsolescence across diverse systems like economics, biology, and science. Taking the “space of the possible” (e.g., potential technologies, mutations, theories), we model how it grows from innovation and decays with obsolescence...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2024-02, Vol.121 (6), p.e2312468120, Article e2312468120
Main Authors: Lee, Edward D., Kempes, Christopher P., West, Geoffrey B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological evolution
Evolution & development
First principles
Innovations
Obsolescence
Physical Sciences
Physics
Taxonomy
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