Emergence is the phenomenon which describes how the properties of a complex system are greater than the sum of its parts.

An example of nature at work in nature occurs in swarm theory. Flocks of birds or schools of fish follow simple rules of behaviour that can exhibit complex patterns of behaviour, known as swarming. The three simple rules of swarm theory are:

The outcome is an overall movement of the flock or school that cannot be directly predicted by an analysis of the simple movements of each of the birds or fish.

In the Smart Ant network, community based organizations and community contribution companies self organize and develop higher levels of complexity and become ordered.

In their ordered state they are able to work more efficiently and sustainably, however the greatest risk or entropy is effident.

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