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Roger -<br>
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<div dir="ltr">From hackernews
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href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01769-8"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01769-8</a>
<div>corrected link from comments to </div>
<div>"Sheep flocks alternate their leader and achieve
collective intelligence"</div>
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<div>The secret sauce of american democracy.</div>
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<p>I wasn't able to read the (paywall) article, but was intrigued by
the abstract's implications.<br>
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<p>The following concluding statement felt a little *projective*</p>
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<p><i><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Harding,
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analysis suggests that it is possible to conceive
intermittent collective strategies that take advantage of
both hierarchical and democratic organizational schemes.</span></i></p>
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<p>But I assume the terms of question (democratic/hierarchical) are
shortcuts for more subtle/complex concepts that they elaborate in
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<p>I'm not a close follower of Swarm literature but I assume there
is already precedent for thinking about "leader election" (to
defer to the democracy analogy)... maybe you or someone else has
more insight into what they are saying here and how it fits into
the larger body of study?</p>
<p>- Steve<br>
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