Swarm Intelligence
Honeybee swarms face a life-or-death decision: choose a new nest site.
Swarm intelligence outperforms central planning when conditions change rapidly.
Swarm intelligence emerges in social insects where colonies make collective decisions (which food sources to exploit, where to build nest chambers) without centralized command. Individual agents follow simple local rules, and complex coordinated behavior emerges at the collective level.
Business Application of Swarm Intelligence
DAOs attempt to replicate swarm intelligence in organizational governance, enabling coordination among participants across borders without requiring legal entities or traditional corporate structures.
Swarm Intelligence Appears in 2 Chapters
Swarm intelligence enables collective decision-making without central command - DAOs attempt to replicate this in organizational governance.
Swarm intelligence in governance →Honeybee swarms select nest sites through scout waggle dances and quorum sensing - collective problem-solving that reliably identifies optimal choices.
Swarm decision-making →