organization
Stigmergy: on autonomous coordination
The concept of stigmergy has been used to analyze self-organizing activities in a wide range of domains, from social insects to open source projects. It was introduced in 1959 by the French zoologist Pierre-Paul Grassè. The term derives from the Greek roots stigma, which means “mark or puncture”, and ergon, which can mean “work, action or […]
Sartre’s anarchist philosophy: on organization
According to Sartre, seriality is the fundamental type of sociability. Waiting in the queue of a bus exemplifies this kind of social organization, in which each individual is interchangeable for the Other, constituting a plurality in isolation. Seriality is linked to the concept of practical-inert field, which can be defined as the real servitude to […]