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Last discussed Oct 17, 2026

Influential 1972 physics essay by Philip W. Anderson arguing that new properties emerge at larger scales.

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"There's a famous physics paper called More Is Different, and it's kind of like the premise... And I think in this world where we had 7 billion people and now we have 700 trillion agents... more is just so different."

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