From the point of view of physics, it is a miracle that [seven million New Yorkers are fed each day] without any control mechanism other than sheer capitalism.

If there is to be a competition, there must be some basis for resolving it. It is also clear that the competition should be experienced based.

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

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

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

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

This use of building blocks to generate internal models is a pervasive feature of complex adaptive systems.