Blanca's review
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
by Steven Johnson
Blanca's review
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson
Blanca's review
rating:
bookshelves:
non-fiction
recommended for: urban planning students
Johnson makes complex theory accessible and non-threatening with great humor and engaging content appealing to the less scientific mind. Does this reveal any new insights to experienced tech nerds? Probably not, but the audience that most benefits from his examples tying in the unlikely models of emergence are new grad students in any field that will require methodolgy and students of urban and community planning.
Jane Jacobs' studies are a recurring theme emphasizing the component relevant to designers that emergence is at its root organic. I found it helpful to remember that any model needs to have flexibility to be effective.
Jane Jacobs' studies are a recurring theme emphasizing the component relevant to designers that emergence is at its root organic. I found it helpful to remember that any model needs to have flexibility to be effective.
