The important thing to remember when learning to play the piano is to be patient and start with simple steps. There are a lot of resources online to help you also.

I would say there is no strong analogy.

It is sometimes said by evolutionary theorists that cultural evolution (which includes economics) is Lamarkean as opposed to Mendelian. I.e. that acquired traits are passed on culturally, by learning, as opposed to the selection of organisms on the basis of their genetic programming, where innovation can only occur through random mixing of genes and mutations.

Now it seems to me that Lamarkean evolution (in theory) would work just as well with asexual reproduction as with sexual reproduction. That is because, if an asexual organism, say an earthworm, acquires a new inheritable characteristic from its environment, say a modified colour, it doesn’t matter whether the mechanism of reproduction is sexual or not because variation does not require the interaction of other genes. The acquired characteristic will be passed on anyway. The same would apply to cultural modification, whereby an innovation utilized by one company is copied and modified by another company (with no need for a merger.)

I suppose something can be said about the interactions of trade and divisions of labour etc. being a bit like sexual reproduction, but that is only a superficial analogy, because the real underlying mechanism of sexual reproduction is Mendelian genetics, which I don’t see as fitting. Ergo, there is no analogue of sexual reproduction in economics and cultural evolution.

That’s only two rounds, if the handicapped player chooses to switch between their two weapons.