The Power and Beauty of Incrementalism

21 surprisetalk 3 6/27/2025, 12:39:53 PM supernuclear.substack.com ↗

Comments (3)

puttycat · 38m ago
That's also the beauty of evolution–there's no goal in that search algorithm, just open-ended incremental exploration which eventually grows beautiful things.

See Kenneth Stanley's book Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25670869-why-greatness-c...

ChrisMarshallNY · 31m ago
I've always found that an "evolutionary" approach to design is important[0].

[0] https://littlegreenviper.com/evolutionary-design-specificati...

lovestory · 33m ago
This is the second time someone has recommended this book on HN so for sure it can't be a bad read. I will be starting it tonight