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Liked It “Light entertaining introduction to emergent systems. Recommended if you're not looking for anything too deep.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Light entertaining introduction to emergent systems. Recommended if you're not looking for anything too deep.”
pwhite wrote this review Sunday, October 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Amplo, compara muitas áreas do conhecimento quanto ao tema "auto-organização" dos diversos sistemas do mundo (naturais ou criadas pelo homem), Johnson é técnico mas ao mesmo tempo muito inteligível. Recomendado para quem gosta de tecnologia e gosta de saber um pouco sobre as diversas áreas do conhecimento (especialmente as exatas e biológicas).”
._Chrono8 wrote this review Friday, August 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Love it! I will never think of ants the same way again!”
Angie D wrote this review Monday, July 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Ants live is a science by itself”
Maytham S wrote this review Saturday, May 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“After a good start, I found the book drifted around a lot and did not live up to my expectations. In the end I did not finish it.”
Glen Lancaster wrote this review Friday, September 5 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I think it's a great book. Steven Johnson analyzes ants, brains, cities and software through the eyes of system theory. Auto organized systems that in the beginning are simple but when more agents are added it advances to another level of organization. The sum of parts is not the whole.”
rodrigo barba wrote this review Monday, June 30 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I've told many people about this book without being able to identify its genre. Pop science? Culture? Thought? Whatever it is, it's fascinating, tying together disparate threads of research on collective intelligence, how it arises, and how it builds on itself. I was especially interested to read the section on the collective intelligence that shapes cities, and how that contrasts with urban planning, which superimposes a learned view on how cities should look and operate. I'm not ready to abandon urban planning, but it does give me reason to question its premise.
nya_md wrote this review Sunday, May 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Wikinomics, which also addresses the use of collective intelligence to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts, was not nearly as satisfying a read.”
“Obviously, everyone has read this so not much new to report. It met its expectations for me decently.”
bencasnocha wrote this review Monday, February 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“01-08
Clay H wrote this review Saturday, February 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Pulled this book from an art class syllabus I found online. This book links the topics listed in the title, but the scattered topics didn't always seem necessary. Some intriguing thoughts on the future of technology and the DIY culture of today & tomorrow. Thoughts that would have been better if they had been mixed throughout the book instead of kept for the thoughtful conclusion.”“This book was very important in the development of my graduation conclusion project. It presents different points of view of the emergence theory. This is a very good reading”
Leopoldo Xavier wrote this review Wednesday, November 7 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
