A Digital Darwinian Adventure: Evolving Melodies
2025-09-12
The author built a 'melody breeder,' a program simulating musical evolution. Users select melodies to breed and evolve, based on Richard Dawkins' meme theory and research showing predictable patterns in musical evolution. The article draws parallels between musical patterns and biological systems, like Conway's Game of Life, and uses the Labubu toy craze to illustrate the similarity between cultural and viral spread. The conclusion highlights that cultural evolution follows patterns similar to biological evolution.
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