Consequence Quote by John Henry Holland

“Looking back to data, we can see if the consequences are plausible; looking forward to theory, we can see if general principles are suggested.”

John Henry Holland

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Particular individuals do not recur, but their building blocks do.

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nonlinear interactions almost always make the behavior of the aggregate more complicated than would be predicted by summing or averaging.

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The multiplier effect is a major feature of networks and flows. It arises regardless of the particular nature of the resource, be it goods,…

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When a new building block is discovered, the result is usually a range of innovations.

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Evolution continually innovates, but at each level it conserves the elements that are recombined to yield the innovations.

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The recycling of resource by the aggregate behavior of a diverse array of agents is much more than the sum of the individual actions.

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Unwrapping occurs when the "solution" is explicitly built into the program from the start.

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The measure of performance of any given agent is the amount of money it accumulates through its actions.

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