When they get around to learning to read, Kelly is going to be one of their favorite authors. Should they ever learn to revere, he may become one of their gods. They ll remember him as one of the first of our species to honor the coming of their species. But there is trouble here too. Kelly s theory turns on the way in which control can emerge out of the properties of simple creatures that act according to a few, simple rules.
Complexity comes out of simplicity.
Control comes out of chaos. System, in the key phrase, is emergent. It comes from simple creatures controlled by simple rules. The first and most remarkable characteristic of the culture of commotion is that it is filled with unlike creatures who will never flock, swarm, or hive. Moreover, they are not governed by the same, simple rules.