Innovation and cumulative culture through tweaks and leaps in online programming contests

The cumulative development of culture has proven difficult to study in the laboratory. Here, the authors examine entries to a series of large programming contests to show that successful entries are usually ‘tweaks’ of existing solutions, but occasional ‘leaps’ can bring larger benefits.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elena Miu, Ned Gulley, Kevin N. Laland, Luke Rendell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04494-0