Emergence by Steven Johnson

This week, I'm reading Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson. Though it's a couple of years old, I thought it would be a nice follow-on read to Steven Strogatz' Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order which I read a few weeks ago during the start of the Cicada invasion to the Metro DC area. I've also added Steven Johnson's blog to my blogrolling list.

Johnson's description of the life of an ant colony and the development of cities and neighborhoods are apt metaphors for the development of social networks. I have been looking at these networks in a macro view and his perspective of ant colonies has helped me hone that view.