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# Darren Zhu

> Directory entry from Antikythera Wiki (https://antikythera.wiki/people/darren-zhu), an independent guide to Antikythera's published work. Roles and affiliations as published.

- **Role:** Studio researcher 2023 — Autocatallaxy
- **Group:** Studio researchers
- **Website:** https://darrenzhu.com/

Synthetic biologist and metascientist. In the 2023 studio he led *Autocatallaxy*, on the phylogenetic history of price and the evolution of price discovery as an informational process. The corpus includes that essay and his co-authored studio projects *The Ends of Science* and *Xenoplex*.

## In the corpus

- [The Ends of Science](https://antikythera.wiki/work/studio/ends-of-science) (2023-07-26)
- [Autocatallaxy](https://antikythera.wiki/work/studio/autocatallaxy) (2023-07-10)
- [Xenoplex](https://antikythera.wiki/work/studio/xenoplex) (2023)

_Directory generated 2026-09-06._