The Nature of Technology¶
Arthur, W. B. (2009). The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves. Free Press.
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- Exaptation
- Arthur (2009) treats this kind of recombinant repurposing of existing components as the dominant mode of technological evolution, where new technologies are assembled largely from existing ones pressed into unforeseen roles.
This sourceArgues technologies evolve combinatorially—new technologies are assembled largely from existing ones recombined and pressed into new roles—supporting the claim that recombinant repurposing of existing components is a dominant mode of technological evolution.
- Arthur (2009) treats this kind of recombinant repurposing of existing components as the dominant mode of technological evolution, where new technologies are assembled largely from existing ones pressed into unforeseen roles.
- Self-Organized Criticality
- Innovation ecosystems exemplify self-organized criticality through emergence of dominant platforms and industries from chaotic periods of experimentation, startup churn, and failure, an evolutionary churn Schumpeter (1942) named "creative destruction" and Arthur (2009) elaborates in his account of technology as a self-organizing combinatorial system.
This sourceTreats innovation ecosystems as combinatorial, self-organizing systems where chaotic experimentation and recombination produce dominant platforms and industries; complements Schumpeter's (1942) creative-destruction account of how startup churn and failure drive macro-scale industrial structure.
- Innovation ecosystems exemplify self-organized criticality through emergence of dominant platforms and industries from chaotic periods of experimentation, startup churn, and failure, an evolutionary churn Schumpeter (1942) named "creative destruction" and Arthur (2009) elaborates in his account of technology as a self-organizing combinatorial system.
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