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Structural deepening and the big little Fiat

Robin Capper

Robin Capper

03 Feb 2011
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Fiat 500 CC

How a little and big little car demonstrates technological evolution.

Applied Abstractions: FIAT 500 and Structural deepening

One aspect of technology evolution, according to W. Brian Arthur's excellent The Nature of Technology, is structural deepening: How basic technology adds features over time…

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