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Comments on: I think my head is full of ants https://UnhinderedByTalent.com/Phi/archives/2008/01/11/i-think-my-head-is-full-of-ants/ Not all battles are fought with a sword Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Phi https://UnhinderedByTalent.com/Phi/archives/2008/01/11/i-think-my-head-is-full-of-ants/comment-page-1/#comment-32290 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:49:06 +0000 http://UnhinderedByTalent.com/Phi/archives/2008/01/11/i-think-my-head-is-full-of-ants/#comment-32290 Warning: Undefined array key "HTTP_REFERER" in /home/unhinder/www/www/Phi/wp-content/plugins/google-hilite.php on line 58

Cradle to cradle is a really cool book. I’ve heard McDonough speak at a (biology) conference, and it was very impressive.

The other questions are very cool and deserve more than just a comment here, so I’ll turn that into a post shortly.

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i was just thinking about ants and this sort of thing because of a book i was reading. its called cradle to cradle written by an architect and a chemist about sustainable design. they said ants have colonized the world just as we have, but while we take from ecosystems they always add to them (i assume by aerating the soil and breaking down matter). and like the termites that farm fungi there are ants who use aphids as cattle. i guess we didn’t invent agriculture!

“you have a whole bunch of “stupid” agents working with simple rules, but the end result is amazingly complex and wondrous.”

so what kinds of things do computer scientists do w/this idea? is sort of what evolutionary computing is about? i picked up the evolution of cooperation recently (tit for tat wins prisoner’s dilemma) you must be familiar w/this, yes?

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