Emergence : The Connected Lives Of Ants, Brains... May 2026

: Consciousness emerges from the collective firing of billions of "dumb" neurons.

: Single-celled organisms that aggregate into a single "slug" when food is scarce, moving as one without a leader. Emergence : the connected lives of ants, brains...

emergence theory with related concepts like Systems Thinking or Complexity Theory. : Consciousness emerges from the collective firing of

: Decentralized systems rely on arbitrary interactions to "sample" and alter their overall state. Emergence : the connected lives of ants, brains...

specific sections of the book (like the "Street Level" analysis of urban development).

: A critical mass of agents is required for global intelligence to appear.