Serendipity as a survival skill

Quan Hoang Vuong

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Abstract: This chapter is dedicated to the hypothesis that serendipity is a survival skill. The motive behind serendipity is one’s desire to survive, and its outcomes increase one’s survivability. Humans are always under existential threats due to stress from the natural or social environment, so serendipity – the ability to notice valuable information in relation to one’s problem-solving processes – is crucial in terms of human survival. We can see this property in innovations on various levels, from minor and individual to major and collective. (In: Quan-Hoang Vuong. 2022. A New Theory of Serendipity: Nature, Emergence and Mechanism (pp. 63-74); De Gruyter Poland)

Date: 2022-06-18
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