Researchers are investigating how animals behave in swarms. Their findings are being applied to robotics, logistics and new models of participation — and are opening up new perspectives for business a
There is no perfect group. No perfect system. No perfect country. However, although some groups/countries/systems are imperfect, what we need to consider, I believe, is the results, innovation, the productivity of these groups.
The idea that some collectives, as imperfect as they may be, can produce an end result of great importance, scientific, societal or both.
Swarm is really vague like wars are swarms, stampedes are swarms, I could support maybe the power of agentic listening, or intelligent dissonance. Swarm intelligence just feels like I am betting against my future.
In Argentinian tango we call this compás…. The elevated feeling, facing in a dense crowd without anyone bumping into each other, tolerating the individuals dancing against the line of dance…
I saw this firsthand during my Master's research in Participatory GIS. Motorcycle taxi riders collectively mapped their area and selected the best locations for markets, schools, and health centers. When I compared their choices with a GIS network model, the match was almost perfect.
I remember when multidisciplinarity became a scientific trend 10–20 years ago, or maybe even earlier, and today I often ask myself if we have gone too far, mixing far too much, and if it is not time to return to a purer, distilled science with more empirical and tangible results.
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The idea that some collectives, as imperfect as they may be, can produce an end result of great importance, scientific, societal or both.
I am glad they are improving