Jesse Papineau - Emergence

In Steven Johnson's “Emergence,” he made many sensible connections between the communication between groups of ants and how humans interact. Johnson pointed out many simplistic behavior traits found in many ants that have helped them to not only non-verbally communicate, but also to establish a remarkably successful species. There is quite a contrast between the machine-like lifestyle of an ant and the complicated human lifestyle where nothing is ever simple, however I believe that the internet has made the world more like an ant colony as almost anyone or anything can be found in one centralized place. Of course, I never would have made that comparison without first reading “Emergence.”