Unwrapping occurs when the "solution" is explicitly built into the program from the start.
John Henry HollandWhen a new building block is discovered, the result is usually a range of innovations.
John Henry HollandThe recycling of resource by the aggregate behavior of a diverse array of agents is much more than the sum of the individual actions.
John Henry Hollandnonlinear interactions almost always make the behavior of the aggregate more complicated than would be predicted by summing or averaging.
John Henry HollandEvolution continually innovates, but at each level it conserves the elements that are recombined to yield the innovations.
John Henry HollandHolland's and Kauffman's work, together with Dawkins' simulations of evolution and Varela's models of autopoietic systems, provide essential inspiration for the new discipline of artificial life, This approach, initiated by Chris Langton (1989, 1992), tries to develop technological systems (computer programs and autonomous robots) that exhibit lifelike properties, such as reproduction, sexuality, swarming, and co-evolution.
John Henry Holland