"The very idea of a gene pool has no meaning if there is no sex. 'Gene Pool' is a persuasive metaphor because the genes of a sexual population are being continually mixed and diffused, as if in a liquid. Bring in the time dimension, and the pool becomes a river, flowing through geological time..."


-Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, page 432




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Darwin's Chorus
Proposal video: an Interactive Experience in Sonic Evolution, exhibited at Alife 2026 in Kyoto.





Gene Pool Evolves
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NFT Pool
Created by Canton Becker, Jeffrey Ventrella, and Luka Negoita.

500 swimbot NFT's that were minted on fxhash.xyz evolve in a common gene pool, where their "selfish genes" compete for dominance!










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Collaborators throughout the history of swimbot evolution include (in alphabetical order):

Canton Becker
Brian Dodd
Luka Negoita
Ken Pearce
Julia Smith
Karl Stiefvater
Barry Stump



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