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From: Joi Ito MIME Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 12:56 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: Not your old age question? -) It's like Jeopardy except that Watson won't have the =nswer. One of my faculty, Cesar Hidalgo, recently wrote a book called "Why =nformation Grows". =ttp://www.amazon.com/Why-Information-Grows-Evolution-Economies/dp/0465048.94 I haven't read it yet, but I've had some conversations =ith him. He's trying to approach it from a physics perspective =nd agues that life is "information" and "order". =ot sure this is right. "What is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occurred in only = few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on =nstitutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But according to =lT's antidisciplinarian Cesar Hidalgo, understanding the nature of =conomic growth demands transcending the social sciences and including =he natural sciences of information, networks, and complexity. To =nderstand the growth of economies, Hidalgo argues, we first need to =nderstand the growth of order. At first glance, the universe seems hostile to order. Thermodynamics =ictates that over time, order--or information--will disappear. Whispers =anish in the wind just like the beauty of swirling cigarette smoke =ollapses into disorderly clouds. But thermodynamics also has loopholes =hat promote the growth of information in pockets. Our cities are =ockets where information grows, but they are not all the same. For =very Silicon Valley, Tokyo, and Paris, there are dozens of places with =conomies that accomplish little more than pulling rocks off the ground. =o, why does the US economy outstrip Brazil's, and Brazil's that of =had? Why did the technology corridor along Boston's Route 128 languish =hile Silicon Valley blossomed? In each case, the key is how people, =irms, and the networks they form make use of information. Seen from Hidalgo's vantage, economies become distributed computers, =ade of networks of people, and the problem of economic development =ecomes the problem of making these computers more powerful. By =ncovering the mechanisms that enable the growth of information in =ature and society,Why Information Grows lays bear the origins of =hysical order and economic growth. Situated at the nexus of information =heory, physics, sociology, and economics, this book propounds a new =heory of how economies can do, not just more, but more interesting =hings." > On Jun 7, 2015, at 6:51 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: > my age old question if LIFE is the answer, what is the =uestion, what set of problems are living systems solving for? > -- > please note > The information contained in this communication is confidential, may > be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and EFTA_R1_01626239 EFTA02499699 > is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of > JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or > any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you > have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], > and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all > attachments. copyright -all rights reserved <?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>conversation-idgkey> <integer>113882</integer> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1433681745</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8590195717</integer> <key>gmail-label-ids</key> <array> <integer>6</integer> <integer>2</integer> </array> <kepremote-idOep <string>S13140</string> </dict> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_01626240 EFTA02499700