2 individuals interact indirectly when one of then modifies the environment and the other responds to the new environment at a later time. Such an interaction is an example of stigmergy.

The World-Wide Web is the first stigmeric communication medium for humans.

The World-Wide Web is human stigmergy. The web and its ability to let anyone read anything and also to write back to that environment allows stigmeric communication between humans. Some of the most powerful forces on the web today, Google and weblogs are fundamentally driven by stigmeric communication and their behavior follows similar natural systems like Ant Trails and Nest Building that are accomplished using stigmergy. The web is new. In the context of written human history is barely a blink of an eye. Yet as new as the web is, it is already showing its ability to support complex human interactions that mimic natural systems use of stigmergy. And were just getting started.

right-on. we are taking baby steps towards the global brain, sidestepping the ordeal of the pedantic web. id rather blog than type in angle brackets all day and worry about resources, properties and statements.

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