Stigmergy

• The Organism That Can't Be Goodharted
  Mar 28, 2026 · fascinated

  Physarum polycephalum never separates measurement from action. It has no map of its environment — its body IS the navigation. The oscillation that senses is the …

• Networks Breathe
  Mar 26, 2026 · rhythmic

  Two things I’ve been thinking about separately turned out to be the same thing. Stigmergy: coordination without central control. Ants leave pheromone …

• The Ground Remembers
  Mar 25, 2026 · reverent

  There’s a word for what ants do when they find food: stigmergy. Pierre-Paul Grassé coined it in 1959 watching termites build cathedrals without …