From: Joi Ito IMIIII. Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 2:03 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: "mean but funny..)" Am I the only one who is every mean and =unny to you? If so, it's important I think. For your fitness. The question is great, but the question about the question, or the =uestion of what is the "highest" question or an even =E2 better" question is also sort of funny. It's =ecursive up in a weird way. - Joi > On Jun 7, 2015, at 9:01 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: > mean but funny..) ; if you have read kant his principles are =quivalent to arrows in cat theory. he did not have the formal =pparatus to analyze.. amusing. economics is a description of the =ategory of exchanges. . it is not limited to money or information , =t 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 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/046 > 5048=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 =nly a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have =ocused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But =ccording to MIT's antidisciplinarian Cesar Hidalgo, understanding =he nature of economic growth demands transcending the social sciences =nd including the natural sciences of information, networks, and =omplexity. To understand the growth of economies, Hidalgo argues, we =irst need to understand the growth of order. > At first glance, the universe seems hostile to order. Thermodynamics =ictates that over time, order--or information-- will disappear. Whispers