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Swarm Cognition: Termites
Eusociality has evolved independently at least twice among the insects: among the Hymenoptera (ants and bees), and earlier among the Isoptera (termites). Studies of swarm intelligence, and by inference, swarm cognition, have focused largely on the bees and ants, while … Continue reading
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The Global Superorganism – an evolutionary-cybernetic model of the emerging Network Society
The organismic view of society is updated by incorporating concepts from cybernetics, evolutionary theory, and complex adaptive systems. Global society can be seen as an autopoietic network of self-producing components, and therefore as a living system or “superorganism”. Miller’s living … Continue reading
Posted in Autopoiesis, Complexity, Cybernetics, Global brain, Networks, Self-organization
Tagged autopoiesis, cybernetics, global brain, superorganism
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