Learning to imitate nature Biomimicry is a design movement pioneered by biologist and writer Janine Benyus. It’s based on the idea that big challenges in design, engineering, and sustainability have often already been solved by nature through 3.8 billion years of evolution on earth.  Video: The Man-Made World is Horribly Designed. But Copying Nature Helps. The arc of prehistory bends towards economic inequality.  In the largest study of its kind, researchers from 14 institutions saw disparities in wealth mount with the rise of agriculture, specifically the domestication of plants and large animals, and increased social organization. Article: New Study Charts Inequality Across Millennia