Comments on: Smart Swarm: popular science book on emergence meets business-advice book http://boingboing.net/2010/08/04/smart-swarm-popular.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/04/smart-swarm-popular.html#comment-853388 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-853388 see 'Self-organized criticality in complex systems', Per Bak, Kan Chen (Sci Am, 1989?)...it's the seminal paper on complexity, emergent criticality (e.g., the relationship between accumulating minor critical 'events' and the probability of a major event). Very informative and useful research. see ‘Self-organized criticality in complex systems’, Per Bak, Kan Chen (Sci Am, 1989?)…it’s the seminal paper on complexity, emergent criticality (e.g., the relationship between accumulating minor critical ‘events’ and the probability of a major event). Very informative and useful research.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/08/04/smart-swarm-popular.html#comment-852392 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-852392 You might also want to check out Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2296.Emergence This book is from 2002 but sounds like it may give a deeper treatment than Smart Swarms. Any other suggestions for people wanting to learn more about implementing strategies based on Emergence theory (other than hiring a consultant)? You might also want to check out Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2296.Emergence

This book is from 2002 but sounds like it may give a deeper treatment than Smart Swarms.

Any other suggestions for people wanting to learn more about implementing strategies based on Emergence theory (other than hiring a consultant)?

]]> By: sparkler http://boingboing.net/2010/08/04/smart-swarm-popular.html#comment-852206 sparkler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-852206 Will you send this to my boss? And my coworkers who outrank me, ask for my advice on "the internet" and "social marketing" but don't take it? Will you send this to my boss? And my coworkers who outrank me, ask for my advice on “the internet” and “social marketing” but don’t take it?

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