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Dive into the fascinating world of emergence, where complex systems and beautiful patterns arise from simple interactions. This guide offers inspiration and resources, including insightful TED Talks and PBS features, to explore concepts like emergent behaviors in education, nature, and design. Discover examples ranging from snowflakes to city dynamics, and engage with thought-provoking questions about the creative chaos that surrounds us. What sparks emergence in your life? Join the conversation and nurture your understanding of this captivating phenomenon.
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Tips for Sparking Emergent Conversation Ex….Snowflakes, cities, whirlpools, rock formations, education, crowdsourcing, jazz………. Emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. • Inspiration and resources: • TED Talk Child-Driven Education: http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education • Radiolab on Emergence: http://www.radiolab.org/story/91500-emergence/ • The Fractals at the Heart of African Design: http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals • PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/emergence.html • TED Talk The Emergent Genius of Ant Colonies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukS4UjCauUs • Food for Thought: • What are examples of emergence can you think of? • What are some things in common with all these examples of emergence? • Where are some of the spaces you see emergence happening in your life? • Why is it that sometimes-beautiful things are created from chaos and other times nothing forms? • What inspires an emergent environment? • What empowers people to build and create?