Sarah Walker

We do see things that do exist competing to continue to exist. But each time that, like, if you think about this space of possibilities and the You know, each time the universe, you know, generates a new structure or like an object that exists generates a new structure along this causal chain. It's generating something that exists that never existed before.

And each time that we make that kind of decision, we're excluding a huge piece of possibilities. And so actually like as this process of increasing assembly index, it's not just that like the space that these objects exist in is exponentially growing, but there are objects in that space that are exponentially receding away from us.

And each time that we make that kind of decision, we're excluding a huge piece of possibilities. And so actually like as this process of increasing assembly index, it's not just that like the space that these objects exist in is exponentially growing, but there are objects in that space that are exponentially receding away from us.

And each time that we make that kind of decision, we're excluding a huge piece of possibilities. And so actually like as this process of increasing assembly index, it's not just that like the space that these objects exist in is exponentially growing, but there are objects in that space that are exponentially receding away from us.

So they're becoming exponentially less and less likely to ever exist. And so existence excludes a huge number of things.

So they're becoming exponentially less and less likely to ever exist. And so existence excludes a huge number of things.

So they're becoming exponentially less and less likely to ever exist. And so existence excludes a huge number of things.

Yeah, it is in part an accident because I think some of the structure that gets generated is driven a bit by randomness. I think a lot of it, you know, so, you know, one of the conceptions that we have in assembly theory is, you know, the universe is random at its base. You can see this in chemistry, like unconstrained chemical reactions are pretty random.

Yeah, it is in part an accident because I think some of the structure that gets generated is driven a bit by randomness. I think a lot of it, you know, so, you know, one of the conceptions that we have in assembly theory is, you know, the universe is random at its base. You can see this in chemistry, like unconstrained chemical reactions are pretty random.

Yeah, it is in part an accident because I think some of the structure that gets generated is driven a bit by randomness. I think a lot of it, you know, so, you know, one of the conceptions that we have in assembly theory is, you know, the universe is random at its base. You can see this in chemistry, like unconstrained chemical reactions are pretty random.

And then, and also quantum mechanics, you know, there's lots of places that give evidence for that. And deterministic structures emerge by things that can causally reinforce themselves and maintain persistence over time. And so we are some of the most deterministic things in the universe.

And then, and also quantum mechanics, you know, there's lots of places that give evidence for that. And deterministic structures emerge by things that can causally reinforce themselves and maintain persistence over time. And so we are some of the most deterministic things in the universe.

And then, and also quantum mechanics, you know, there's lots of places that give evidence for that. And deterministic structures emerge by things that can causally reinforce themselves and maintain persistence over time. And so we are some of the most deterministic things in the universe.

And so, like, we can generate very regular structure and we can generate new structure along a particular lineage. But the possibility space at the sort of tips, like the things we can generate next, is really huge. So there's some stochasticity in what we actually, you know, generate. instantiate as like the next structures that get built in the biosphere.

And so, like, we can generate very regular structure and we can generate new structure along a particular lineage. But the possibility space at the sort of tips, like the things we can generate next, is really huge. So there's some stochasticity in what we actually, you know, generate. instantiate as like the next structures that get built in the biosphere.

And so, like, we can generate very regular structure and we can generate new structure along a particular lineage. But the possibility space at the sort of tips, like the things we can generate next, is really huge. So there's some stochasticity in what we actually, you know, generate. instantiate as like the next structures that get built in the biosphere.

It's not completely deterministic because the space of future possibilities is always larger than the space of things that exist now.

It's not completely deterministic because the space of future possibilities is always larger than the space of things that exist now.

It's not completely deterministic because the space of future possibilities is always larger than the space of things that exist now.

So I said before, right now, I think the original life is a continuous process on Earth. I think this idea of combinatorial spaces that our biosphere generates, not just chemistry, but other spaces, often cross this threshold where they then allow themselves to persist with a particular regular structure over time. So language is another one where the space of