🚨🚨 New preprint 📜 with Mathieu Charbonneau (@matcharbonneau.bsky.social): Modelling the emergence of open-ended technological evolution (arxiv.org/abs/2508.04828). Feedback welcomed! #Evolution #Technology #Culture #OpenEnded #TechnologicalEvolution #CulturalEvolution 🧵: 1/29
Modelling the emergence of open-ended technological evolution
Humans stand alone in terms of their potential to collectively and cumulatively improve technologies in an open-ended manner. This open-endedness provides societies with the ability to continually exp...
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August 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨🚨 New preprint 📜 with Mathieu Charbonneau (@matcharbonneau.bsky.social): Modelling the emergence of open-ended technological evolution (arxiv.org/abs/2508.04828). Feedback welcomed! #Evolution #Technology #Culture #OpenEnded #TechnologicalEvolution #CulturalEvolution 🧵: 1/29
What if we saw early stone tools not as static inventions, but as evolving ecosystems? The new project ECOLITHIC, led by @shumon.bsky.social takes this radical view, bridging #humanities & #lifesciences to explore hidden patterns in #technologicalevolution. Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What if we saw early stone tools not as static inventions, but as evolving ecosystems? The new project ECOLITHIC, led by @shumon.bsky.social takes this radical view, bridging #humanities & #lifesciences to explore hidden patterns in #technologicalevolution. Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social
Ignoring the to-ing & fro-ing in the media about the threat/virtue of #AI (& the poor input quality of majority of it) isn't it preferable when we continue to be on the cusp of a #TechnologicalEvolution that we let humans have a decent go first?
After all, we did do most of the prep work for it.
After all, we did do most of the prep work for it.
January 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Ignoring the to-ing & fro-ing in the media about the threat/virtue of #AI (& the poor input quality of majority of it) isn't it preferable when we continue to be on the cusp of a #TechnologicalEvolution that we let humans have a decent go first?
After all, we did do most of the prep work for it.
After all, we did do most of the prep work for it.
This was written in 1966.
#alanwatts #prophetic #alanwattsphilosophy #technology #populationgrowth #technologicalevolution
#alanwatts #prophetic #alanwattsphilosophy #technology #populationgrowth #technologicalevolution
February 12, 2026 at 11:04 AM
This was written in 1966.
#alanwatts #prophetic #alanwattsphilosophy #technology #populationgrowth #technologicalevolution
#alanwatts #prophetic #alanwattsphilosophy #technology #populationgrowth #technologicalevolution