11 papers
Three Centuries of the Laws of Cricket Reveal Core Principles of the Evolution of Regulatory Mechanisms
Daniel Chia, Hyejin Youn, Jonny Singer +5
Rules, regulations, and regulatory systems are central to societies, institutions, and organisms, yet surprisingly little is known about their evolution over long timescales. The L…
Computational foundations of the human world
Marcus J. Hamilton, Abhishek Yadav, Harrison Hartle +10
Human societies continuously transform scattered information into collective judgments and coordinated action, whether through markets discovering prices, governments allocating re…
A generative model of function growth explains hidden self-similarities across biological and social systems
James Holehouse, S. Redner, Vicky Chuqiao Yang +5
From genomes and ecosystems to bureaucracies and cities, the growth of complex systems occurs by adding new types of functions and expanding existing ones. We present a simple gene…
When Common Law Ages: Two Centuries of Growing Inertia in US Judicial Opinions
Seoul Lee, Taekyun Kim, Jisung Yoon +1
Judicial opinions once considered sound can lose relevance over time. Yet, little has been known, both systematically and at scale, about how judicial reasoning has evolved. Here,…
A Century of Evolution in the Complexity of the United States Legal Code
Dawoon Jeong, James Holehouse, Jisung Yoon +3
As societies confront increasingly complex regulatory demands in domains such as digital governance, climate policy, and public health, there is a pressing need to understand how l…
How much regulation do we need from genomes to society?
Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Christopher P. Kempes, S. Redner +3
Regulatory functions are essential in both socioeconomic and biological systems, from corporate managers to regulatory genes. Regulatory functions come with substantial costs and b…