But while there may be no limits to evolution, there are limits to growth in every area of the natural and the artificial. This is an interesting question. Open-ended systems are about what godhood is about. That's an open-ended universe. The world of thought is an open-ended universe, because each new thought expands the space in which new thoughts can occur.
Life is exactly the same thing.
So we have this open-ended universe where life begets more life, life increases the conditions in which life can live. At the conclusion of the interview I asked Kelly if he would autograph my copy of Out of Control .