The document outlines principles of emergent design based on concepts from biology such as fitness landscapes, alleles, phenotypes, modularity, and local maxima. It discusses exploring design spaces broadly through small, reversible changes and measuring fitness continuously. The principles advocate discovering a modular architecture, copying sufficiently from other designs, and implementing 80% solutions. Choosing problems without dominant designs or a modular focus and of medium complexity is advised.
74. Choose a space without a dominant design
Choose a problem of medium complexity
Discover what fitness means
Explore the landscape broadly
Make small, reversible changes
Measure fitness continuously
Discover a modular architecture
Copy sufficiently
Implement 80% solutions
Principles of Emergent Design
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