From Selfish Genes to Selfish Algorithms – Future Monger

The theory of natural selection is a masterpiece, probably the most compelling idea ever. If you haven't read Charles Darwin, then The Genius of Charles Darwin is an uncommonly good television documentary written and presented by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. Dawkins uses the term "Selfish Gene" as a means of expressing the gene-centered view of evolution in his book "Selfish Gene". From the gene's point of view, evolutionary success ultimately depends on leaving behind the maximum number of copies of itself in the population. It reveals that, in such a competition, the more efficient replicators increase in number at the expense of their less efficient competitors.