Journal: Emergence

Hi, everyone. I just joined, and this is my first entry (but by no means should you use that as an excuse to be nice!). Since the topic is "books," I was wondering if anyone has read "Emergence" by Steven Johnson. I'm partially through it and am finding it pretty fascinating in terms of applicability to everything. The idea of emergence is both exciting and scary--especially for those who, like me, have been used to thinking about the world in terms of top-down hierarchy in relation to religious