Why Information Grows

Why it’s on the list: Cesar Hidalgo’s book on the physics of economic growth and the evolution of order — the source of the criticality and Phase Transition framing Kyle annotates the long read Critical States with.

Where I saw it: Cited in the long read Critical States as the origin of the criticality framing, attributed to Cesar Hidalgo.

Connections

• Cesar Hidalgo — author.
• Phase Transition — the criticality metaphor the book supplies.
• Critical States — the long read that draws on it.