Thursday, August 5, 2010

peter miller

the smart swarm

















Insects are social creatures, perhaps even more social—in the strict scientific sense—than humans since they lack such socially obstructing attributes as ego, personality, and opinion.
The sophisticated system of decentralized interdependence exhibited by termites...
Insects, birds, and fish variously demonstrate the plausibility and success of disorganization leading to self-organization and leaderless processes.

via dcinc66 The Smart Swarm by Peter Miller. In my mind, ideas that are key to supporting #perlearn http://amzn.to/bAE7Kp (h/t to @dtapscott)

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