Evolutionary processes can be applied to technology and culture from "summary" of Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. Dennett
Evolutionary processes can be seen at work in the world of technology and culture, just as they are in the realm of biology. Just as natural selection shapes the development of species over time, so too do the forces of competition and adaptation drive the progress of human inventions and ideas. Technological innovations, like biological adaptations, are subject to the pressures of their environment. In the case of technology, this environment consists of market demands, resource availability, and the constraints of physical laws. Just as organisms must evolve in response to changing conditions in their ecosystem, so too must technologies adapt to the ever-shifting landscape of human needs and desires. Cultural evolution operates in a similar way, with ideas and beliefs competing for survival in the marketplace of human minds. Those memes that ...
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