Emergence：The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software

Itisfastbecomingclearthatourlivesrevolvearoundthepowersofemergence.Orderarrivesfromthebottom-up,nottop-down.Complexityisresolvedthroughsimplicity.Everywherethesamelawsareobeyed,thesameswarmlogicisatwork."Emergence"looksatthecitiesweinhabit,themediafrenzieswesufferandthegamesweplay,showinghowindividualactionswithoutcentralplanningoftencreateawonderfullyadaptivecommunalintelligence.Inthiscompelling,revelatorybook,Johnsoninvestigatestheartificialemergencewhichisbringingsweepingculturalandpoliticalchangeinitswake.Richwithinsightsintothefuture,thisbookallowsustowitnesstheexhilatingarrivalandsuddenascendancyofapotentnewidea.