Why isn’t the mule regarded as a species?
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A… Read More »Why isn’t the mule regarded as a species?
hybrids
David Hume on combinatorial innovation and hybridity
With apologies for the anachronism… Nothing, at first view, may seem more unbounded than the thought of man, which not only escapes all human power… Read More »David Hume on combinatorial innovation and hybridity
Move to get a better view
We learn what’s possible by: Seeing it done Being immersed Using the tools Playing Trying and failing Improvising Speculating Reading Being driven be necessity Riffing… Read More »Move to get a better view
Tom Peters: “What Diversity Problem?”
This is Tom Peters on Diversity in 1994’s The Pursuit of Wow!: Diversity problem? Hurdle? Diversity creates one and only one thing: opportunity. Business, in… Read More »Tom Peters: “What Diversity Problem?”
Zen Hae on cross-pollination, imitation and innovation in Indonesian Peranakan literature
The pattern of hybridity, imitation and innovation we talk about under the label “combinatorial innovation” isn’t limited to cars and computers – it’s central to… Read More »Zen Hae on cross-pollination, imitation and innovation in Indonesian Peranakan literature
Seeds (2): bikes, planes and automobiles
Many of the seeds of the automobile industry came from bicycle manufacturers (I touched on this in Use, Copy, Repair, Make), and on a visit… Read More »Seeds (2): bikes, planes and automobiles
AI and us: Kevin Kelly on ‘centaurs’
In 1997 Watson’s precursor, IBM’s Deep Blue, beat the reigning chess grand master Garry Kasperov in a famous man-versus machine match. After machines repeated their… Read More »AI and us: Kevin Kelly on ‘centaurs’
Ways in: ravelling the network
Interface A discipline, culture or scene is a network: a mesh of people, things, ideas and ways of doing things. It might be tightly defined,… Read More »Ways in: ravelling the network
Where’s the scene?
In the first full episode of the Broken Record podcast, Malcolm Gladwell chats to Rick Rubin about the start of his journey to becoming a… Read More »Where’s the scene?
Intelligences
Imagine you are in charge of developing an artificial intelligence. Your AI has the ability to move into the world and mingle with human beings,… Read More »Intelligences