Less than a trillionth of all the 6 × 10^23 possible sequences actually work well enough to allow smooth unfolding.

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• For a given task, the number of all sequences which work is tiny by comparison with the huge number of all possible sequences; less than a trillionth of all 6 × 10^23 possible sequences actually work well enough.claim0.883
  A combinatorial argument that good sequences are astronomically rare, emphasizing the difficulty of discovery.
• Half a dozen sequences taken together can have a very big effect on the environment and show a wholly new way of conceiving space.claim0.799
  Highlights the emergent power of even a small network of interlinked sequences.
• Roughly 2,000 long sequences, each containing ~20 smaller snippets, thus about 40,000 short sequences could completely transform the built environment.claim0.783
  Quantitative estimate of the scope of the gene pool needed for a living world.
• The process of unfolding is always governed by the repeated application of the fundamental operation thousands and thousands of times.claim0.772
  Claim about the universality and pervasiveness of the center-making process at all scales and phases.
• An unfolding process, if faithfully applied, will dissolve any arbitrary initial image because reality and common sense will override it.claim0.762
  Key principle about images vs. unfolding.
• The number of atoms involved in the responsible gene structure is likely to be very small, yet it displays a most regular and lawful activity with a durability that borders upon the miraculous, remaining unperturbed by the disordering tendency of heat motion for centuries.claim0.760
  Schrödinger's statement of the puzzle that quantum mechanics resolves.
• In every natural developmental sequence examined, each state follows without breaking structure from the state before, exhibiting smooth structure-preserving unfolding essentially without exception.claim0.760
  The empirical-observational claim grounded in the diverse case studies presented in the chapter
• Under a living process, as unfolding proceeds, the relative areas of these four components need to remain almost equal.claim0.758
  Invariant that living process maintains percentage balance.