Arenas, ÀlexDíaz Guilera, AlbertPérez-Vicente, Conrado, 1962-Vega-Redondo, Fernando2011-07-072011-07-0720001063-651Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/18859We propose a general scenario to analyze technological changes in socio-economic environments. We illustrate the ideas with a model that incorporating the main trends is simple enough to extract analytical results and, at the same time, sufficiently complex to display a rich dynamic behavior. Our study shows that there exists a macroscopic observable that is maximized in a regime where the system is critical, in the sense that the distribution of events follow power laws. Computer simulations show that, in addition, the system always self-organizes to achieve the optimal performance in the stationary state.4 p.application/pdfeng(c) American Physical Society, 2000BiofísicaFísica matemàticaFísica estadísticaTermodinàmicaSistemes dinàmics diferenciablesBiophysicsMathematical physicsStatistical physicsThermodynamicsDifferentiable dynamical systemsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article152847info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess