“But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that because of the very structure of matter and of the chemical bonds that are the basis of every organism, evolution is not random at all. It will tend to follow certain paths.” TryingMatterFactsCertainPathEvolutionWalkingComputerModelsBasesStructureChemicalsOrganisms Author:Kevin Kelly
“It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a certain range of behaviors that we find most useful. But then we let it go, because we don't want to have to be babysitting it the whole time.” WantChildrenWholeCertainLinesBehaviorTrainRangeLet It GoRaising ChildrenBabysitting Author:Kevin Kelly
“The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably is going to be just like today, for the most part.” TodayCertainLiteratureEnvironmentTomorrow Author:Kevin Kelly
“But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set of people, and in a common history, that constrains your evolution and your ability to evolve in certain directions.” PeopleCertainLiteratureAbilityCommonEvolutionPlantEvolveLocationConstrain Author:Kevin Kelly
