A Review of The Fire Next Time. By James Baldwin.

This position paper argues that the Baldwin effectis widely misunderstood by the evolutionarycomputation community. The misunderstandingsappear to fall into two general categories. Firstly,it is commonly believed that the Baldwin effect isconcerned with the synergy that results whenthere is an evolving population of learning indi-viduals. This is only half of the sto...

This review essay compares the research methodologies and narrative strategies of Baldwin biographies as well their main claims. Analyzing these books in chronological order, it seeks to chart a history book-length knowledge production about dynamics between Baldwin’s ideas, art, personal life, public roles. The conclusion this heralds future biographical Studies. It also proposes two new narra...