{
  "id": 19695421,
  "title": "How human ideas evolve: Technical progress may not require weeding out weaker designs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/how-human-ideas-evolve-technical-progress-may-not-require-weeding-out",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-12T18:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-human-ideas-evolve-technical-require.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Human culture evolves similarly to living organisms, but unlike biology, human creativity can accumulate improvements at an incredible speed. But how exactly does the process of transmitting and modifying ideas between people work?",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}