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In a murmuration, each bird sees, on average, the seven birds nearest it and adjusts its own behavior in response. If its nearest neighbors move left, the bird usually moves left. If they move right, the bird usually moves right. The bird does not know the flock’s ultimate destination and can make no radical change to the whole. But each of these birds’ small alterations, when occurring in rapid sequence, shift the course of the whole, creating mesmerizing patterns.
How Online Mobs Act Like Flocks of Birds | NOEMA
Renée DiResta
Coyotes north of the 101, Riley found, were so distantly related to southsiders that they might as well have lived hundreds of miles apart.
During the 1990s, Cleveland’s house prices outpaced both the national average and San Francisco’s. How confident are you that you can predict the ways in which urban geography will shift over your tenancy?
The Homeownership Society Was a Mistake
theatlantic.com
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