>I was hoping this might be based on or mention Geoffrey West's new book, Scale, though it's neither. This was my immediate thought as well -- but by mentionin

>I was hoping this might be based on or mention Geoffrey West's new book, Scale, though it's neither. This was my immediate thought as well -- but by mentioning Scale you must also link the excellent review of it by Freeman Dyson(!): http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/05/10/the-key-to-everything/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/05/10/the-key-to-everyt...