via The Living City, by Jonah Lehrer (full article at SEED Magazine) A group of scientists and economists got together for an unexpected experiment: to study how cities might work like organisms. Indeed, through all their math and measurements, they found cities act just like creatures. Cities apparently act decidedly like elephants, because “they get [...]
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August 21, 2009 – 12:08 pm
The Next Evolution in Economics: Rethinking Growth Here’s another fascinating example of biomimicry, an innovative new approach that considers how we can base our systems off nature. What can human cells teach us about business? Below are some juicy bits: We’ve begun to see a shift from the old, linear transaction-based approach to business toward [...]
