We are more willing to accept emergent behavior in nature than in our own artificial systems, because having made these things we project our own intentional design onto them and fail to realize they can exhibit emergent behaviors not put into them by any individual.

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Kevin Kelly

Evidence Quote

we have a we can better acceptance of emergent behavior in nature but when it comes to kind of our own artificial systems we're very seem to be reluctant to accept emergent behavior

Source

Kevin Kelly on Technology and What Technology Wants 11/29/2010EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:09:26 AM

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