It’s fascinating to contemplate that simple agents, like ants or even molecules, can come together to create complex behaviors that we see in larger systems. This reading emphasized that we can’t always predict how a group will behave just by knowing about the individual parts. It’s like trying to understand a sports team by only looking at the skills of each player rather than how they fit/work together.
I am particularly intrigued by the idea that nature often uses simple rules to create complexity. The role of computers in studying these interactions also excites me, as it opens up new ways to explore and understand complex systems, and places technologists on the frontlines of the quest to understand nature.