Tag: Collectives & Order

The madness (and wisdom) of crowds, decision-making in groups, and emergence of social order

When the Internet Displaces the Town Square

Post author By Abhijnan Rej
Post date April 4, 2025

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, form a shield wall at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in St. Astier, France, June 19, 2015. The Marines trained to operate through dense smoke and riot-control gas while maintaining tightly organized formations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Danielle Dixon/Released)

Urbanisation, tech, and culture amid revolution

Tags Collectives & Order, Urbanisation

Models

Nodes, Neighbours and Footfall

Post author By Abhijnan Rej
Post date February 26, 2025

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are cheered and welcomed by crowds Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, along the motorcade route in Ahmedabad, India. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

A new simulation model looks at how social networks influence attendance in festivals and movies

Tags Collectives & Order, Urbanisation

White Papers

Reimagining Security

Post author By Abhijnan Rej
Post date October 25, 2022

Bees in a honey comb. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Merdal.

What can recent advances in the mathematical, computational and natural sciences teach us?

Tags Collectives & Order