Kyle Harrison
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Why Information Grows
Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
- Author
- Cesar Hidalgo
- Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 256
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Cesar Hidalgo’s book on the physics of economic growth — how order, and the information it embodies, evolves from atoms to economies.
Where I heard about it
- Critical States — cited in the long read as the origin of its criticality and Phase Transition framing, which I annotated it with.
Connections
- Cesar Hidalgo — author.
- Phase Transition — the criticality metaphor the book supplies.
- Critical States — the long read that draws on it.
Referenced in
- Critical States note
- Phase Transition note