This makes a lot of sense for certain problems in the domain. I've thought a few times about how to introduce the right bit of agency into actors in order to h

This makes a lot of sense for certain problems in the domain. I've thought a few times about how to introduce the right bit of agency into actors in order to have them accomplish a larger goal without a central authority. I created a couchbase cluster joiner that would have the nodes converge into a single initial cluster based on ec2 tags. I thought about how people would group up on their own when walking into a room and came up with: Join a group Judge value of group(is it the largest + tie breaker) Leave and join group of highest value The problem wasn't so hard as the termites but it removed the need for a central controller.. And I was proud of myself :)