October 12, 2010
Tweet I recently finished reading Peter Miller’s The Smart Swarm, and I highly recommend it. In it, Miller provides a fascinating overview of how various types of animals – ants, honeybees, termites, sparrows – tackle complex problems by leveraging collective “intelligence.” Better yet, Miller points to the lessons that humans might learn from these animals. [...]
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September 14, 2010
I’ve been increasingly disturbed in recent years by the amount of misinformation that seems to flow through the political system in the United States. In relative terms, I doubt it has increased any over previous times, but as the magnitude and complexity of the issues the world faces grows, the need for collective understanding of [...]
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