This use of building blocks to generate internal models is a pervasive feature of complex adaptive systems.

nonlinear interactions almost always make the behavior of the aggregate more complicated than would be predicted by summing or averaging.

Evolution continually innovates, but at each level it conserves the elements that are recombined to yield the innovations.

If we are to understand the interactions of a large number of agents, we must first be able to describe the capabilities of individual agents.

If there is to be a competition, there must be some basis for resolving it. It is also clear that the competition should be experienced based.

The recycling of resource by the aggregate behavior of a diverse array of agents is much more than the sum of the individual actions.

Unwrapping occurs when the "solution" is explicitly built into the program from the start.

Particular individuals do not recur, but their building blocks do.

Looking back to data, we can see if the consequences are plausible; looking forward to theory, we can see if general principles are suggested.

From the point of view of physics, it is a miracle that [seven million New Yorkers are fed each day] without any control mechanism other than sheer capitalism.

The measure of performance of any given agent is the amount of money it accumulates through its actions.

If you believe in yourself and work hard, your dreams will come true

Own your growth and your schedule!

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.

Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.

When everyone gets something for nothing, soon no one will have anything, because no one will be producing anything.

When in haste, rest in the present. Take a deep breath and come back to here and now.

I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.

They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty. - Fitz

A blessing in disguise, is right before our eyes. But since it is in disguise, we don't know that it's there.

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.