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From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 5:48 PM To: Joi Ito Subject: Re: two. it took time to write it On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 1:24 PM, J=i Ito wrote: Actually, I guess that was rather=one-dimensional of me... On Jun 7, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Joi Ito wrote: True. I guess "What if?=E24040 and "What is the answer to XT' are both questions=. one with a solution and one without. A ray or a line vs a line segment r=ght? Math! Joi On Jun 7, 2015, at 1:10 PM, jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote:=/div> solutions like nouns are the end. of a comp=tation . questions are the beginning and middle.. open ended = like the name joi. its much more authentic to say you are joi=g. in process of change . bounded by the object know as=a joi On Su=, Jun 7, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Joi Ito wrote:<=r> One other thought. Have been thinking that engineers like to "solve" things. A=e answers to questions "solutions"? How is the role of ima=ination? What about "what if?" questions rather than quest=ons with solutions? - Joi > On Jun 7, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Joi Ito > wrote: > "mean but funny..)" Am I the only one who is every mean a=d funny to you? If so, it's important I think. For your fitness. > > The question is great, but the question about the question, or the que=tion of what is the "highest" question or an even "be=ter" question is also sort of funny. It's recursive up in = weird way. > - Joi EFTA_R1_01628001 EFTA02500809 » On Jun 7, 2015, at 9:01 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: » mean but funny..) ; if you have read kant =is principles are equivalent to arrows in cat theory. h= did not have the formal apparatus to analyze.. amusing.,=A0 economics is a description of the category of exchanges.=C24> . it is not limited to money or information , it is a process = not a noun » On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Joi Ito > wrote: » Not your old age question? >> » :-) » It's like Jeopardy except that Watson won't have t=e answer. » One of my faculty, Cesar Hidalgo, recently wrote a book called &qu=t;Why Information Grows". h=tp://www.amazon.com/Why-Information-Grows-Evolution-Economies/dp/046504899= chttp://www.amazon.com/Wry-Information-Grows-Evolution-Economies/dp/0465048994> » I haven't read it yet, but I've had some conversat=ons with him. He's trying to approach it from a physics perspectiv= and agues that life is "information" and "order&grot;. Not sure this is right. >> » "What is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occur=ed in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have f=cused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But according =o MIT's antidisciplinarian Cesar Hidalgo, understanding the natur= of economic growth demands transcending the social sciences and including=the natural sciences of information, networks, and complexity. To understa=d the growth of economies, Hidalgo argues, we first need to understand the=growth of order. » At first glance, the universe seems hostile to order. Thermodynami=s dictates that over time, order--or information--will disappear. Whispers=vanish in the wind just like the beauty of swirling cigarette smoke collap=es into disorderly clouds. But thermodynamics also has loopholes that prom=te the growth of information in pockets. Our cities are pockets where information grows, but they are not all the same. For every Silicon Valley, Tok=o, and Paris, there are dozens of places with economies that accomplish li=tle more than pulling rocks off the ground. So, why does the US economy airstrip Brazil's, and Brazil's that of Chad? Why did the technology =orridor along Boston's Route 128 languish while Silicon Valley blossom=d? In each case, the key is how people, firms, and the networks they form =ake use of information. >> » Seen from Hidalgo's vantage, economies become distributed comp=ters, made of networks of people, and the problem of economic development =ecomes the problem of making these computers more powerful. By uncovering =he mechanisms that enable the growth of information in nature and society,=hy Information Grows lays bear the origins of physical order and economic =rowth. Situated at the nexus of information theory, physics, sociology, an= economics, this book propounds a new theory of how economies can do, not rust more, but more interesting things." >» On Jun 7, 2015, at 6:51 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote= >» >» my age old question if LIFE i= the answer , what is the question, what set of=problems are living systems solving for? >» 2 EFTA_R1_01628002 EFTA02500810 >» -- >» please note >» The information contained in this communication is >» confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may >» constitute inside information, and 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. 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