Yeah, there was a discussion of emergence in Gödel, Escher, Bach[0] published 1979. "Aunt Hillary" was the super-organism created from the actions of the indiv

Yeah, there was a discussion of emergence in Gödel, Escher, Bach[0] published 1979. "Aunt Hillary" was the super-organism created from the actions of the indivdual ants, IIRC. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%2C_Escher%2C_Bach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%2C_Escher%2C_Bach