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The third of the four principles of multicellular systems is that much of the communication between cooperating entities (cells, social insects or computers) is indirect. The entities deposit long-lived cues in external structures -- connective tissue, te

As we move into a new way of work - one based on more fluid and looser connections, grounded in freethinking, humanist and scientific approaches to the social contract - it's becoming clear that the traditional model of "collaboration tools" is based arou

Pierre-Paul Grasse first coined the term stigmergy in the 1950s in conjunction with his research on termites. Grasse showed that a particular configuration of a termite's environment (as in the case of building and maintaining a nest) triggered a response