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Of particular interest in financial services: | Of particular interest in financial services: | ||
*[[High-frequency trading]] computers follow [[algorithm]]s faster and more reliably than a mortal trader could dream of; | *[[High-frequency trading]] computers follow [[algorithm]]s faster and more reliably than a mortal trader could dream of; | ||
*The dogma of [[outsourcing]] is predicated on a [[playbook]]; a form of [[algorithm for the meatware]]. | *The {{t|dogma}} of [[outsourcing]] is predicated on a [[playbook]]; a form of [[algorithm for the meatware]]. | ||
Also of great interest to [[evolution]]ary biologists, psychiatrists and philopsophers: According to {{author|Daniel Dennett}}, the great (if unstated) insight of {{author|Charles Darwin}}’s {{br|The Origin of Species}} was that the evolutionary process was a mindless, algorithmic one, that could operate without intervention. This made him a household name ([[Daniel Dennett|Dennett]], not Darwin) when he published {{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}}. | Also of great interest to [[evolution]]ary biologists, psychiatrists and philopsophers: According to {{author|Daniel Dennett}}, the great (if unstated) insight of {{author|Charles Darwin}}’s {{br|The Origin of Species}} was that the evolutionary process was a mindless, algorithmic one, that could operate without intervention. This made him a household name ([[Daniel Dennett|Dennett]], not Darwin) when he published {{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}}. | ||