Tuesday, February 26, 2002
Steven Johnson on Emergence
David Sims and Rael Dornfest
Emergence is what happens when the whole is smarter than the sum of its parts. It's what happens when you have a system of relatively simple-minded component parts — often there are thousands or millions of them — and they interact in relatively simple ways.
Help us tell the truth about the War on Drugs and terrorism!
U.S. Drug Czar John Walters. This week, I had lunch with the president, testified before Congress, and helped funnel $40 million in illegal drug money to groups like the Taliban. The War on Drugs boosts the price of illegal drugs by as much as 17,000 percent — funneling huge profits to terrorist organizations. If you support the War on Drugs or vote for the politicians who wage it, you're helping support terrorism. Get the facts at www.LP.org/drugwar
Declan McCullagh reports on this story here.
