Out of Control
The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World
By Kevin Kelly
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Book Description
In a book about the marriage of the born and the made--the biologicalization of everything from computers to government--the executive editor of Wired chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that dri ve our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable fContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 521 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 0201483408
- ISBN-13: 9780201483406
- Publisher: Perseus Books Group
- Pub date: May 01, 1995
- Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 323 mm Just how big is that?
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korora 
The parts where Kelly discusses technology are dated, and worth skipping. But his overview of evolutionary biology is comprehensive, and the way he connects it to the realm of the made is inspirational and compelling. It's given me new starting points for thinking about complexity.
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