# Ragnar Frisch > **Machine-Evolution Nexus:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] places this node within the history and governance of substrate-independent evolution. **Domain:** Economics / Scientific Networks **Doc Type:** Canonical Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Ragnar Frisch was a Norwegian economist and econometrician who shared the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. ## Nexus Context Frisch introduced Barricelli to von Neumann, helping create the institutional pathway that brought early artificial-evolution experiments to the IAS computer. ## Evidence Boundary This is a network and patronage connection, not evidence that Frisch designed Barricelli’s systems or originated digital evolution. ## Relationships [[wiki/Nils Aall Barricelli|Nils Aall Barricelli]], [[wiki/John von Neumann|John von Neumann]], [[wiki/Institute for Advanced Study|Institute for Advanced Study]], [[wiki/Scientific Patronage|Scientific Patronage]] ## Sources / Provenance - IAS histories of Barricelli; Nobel Prize biographical record.