Complexity on crlzff.xyzhttps://crlzff.xyz/tags/complexity/Yet another blog filled with stuff. Interesting, useful, or worth passing along.enThu, 23 Jul 2026 17:33:00 +0200<link>https://crlzff.xyz/2026/stigmergy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:33:00 +0200</pubDate><author>crlzff</author><guid>https://crlzff.xyz/2026/stigmergy/</guid><description><p><a href="https://francisheylighen.substack.com/p/stigmergy-the-most-important-concept">Stigmergy: the most important concept you’ve never heard of</a></p> <blockquote> <p>[&hellip;] The concept of “stigmergy” is at precisely this stage today: sufficiently well-defined to provide us with a fundamental new insight about nature, life and society, but not yet widely known.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>The principle underlying stigmergy is so simple that once once you have understood this, it becomes impossible to unsee: <em>An action produces a trace or mark in an external medium. Perceiving the mark stimulates a next action.</em></p> </blockquote></description></item></channel></rss>