Life finds a way: what evolution teaches us about creativity

✍ Scribed by Andreas Wagner

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 444 KB
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1541645332

✦ Synopsis

How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and science

In Life Finds a Way , biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For instance, in Picasso's forty-some iterations of Guernica , we see the same combination of small steps, incessant reshuffling, and large, almost reckless, leaps that characterize the way evolution transformed a dinosaur's grasping claw into a condor's soaring wing. By understanding these principles, we can also better realize our own creative potential to find new solutions to adversity.

Ultimately, Life Finds a Way offers a new framework for the nature of creativity, enabling us to better adapt, grow, and change in art, business, or...