Claims / C-4526J0KGBB
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Cheap communication speeds up selection among organisations, because organisations reproduce by being copied and copying is now nearly instant. Malone's example is a good Amazon interface copied worldwide. He leaves open whether faster selection makes the whole ecosystem smarter, which depends on what it rewards.
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groundsSuperminds (audiobook machine transcript), Thomas W. Malone
Second, simply by making communication faster and easier, new technologies will often increase the speed of evolution in ecosystems composed of superminds.
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