This essay strikes me as making an extremely important point, but unfortunately it is also very hard (for me) to read.
One very simple suggestion that I imagine that would help a lot: reduce the number of pronouns by half. The word “it” is used about 120 times in this essay, and it is often ambiguous as to what “it” is referring to in context: the whole swarm? A single self-modifying quine? A thread in the tree structure? A specific instantiation of the original model?
This essay strikes me as making an extremely important point, but unfortunately it is also very hard (for me) to read.
One very simple suggestion that I imagine that would help a lot: reduce the number of pronouns by half. The word “it” is used about 120 times in this essay, and it is often ambiguous as to what “it” is referring to in context: the whole swarm? A single self-modifying quine? A thread in the tree structure? A specific instantiation of the original model?
Appreciate the feedback, I’ll see if I can do a pass to clean things up.