ep19 - Naomi Ehrich Leonard, Part II: Unveiling the Dynamics of Collective Decision-Making from Flocking Starlings to Desert Ants, Political Polarization, and the Creative Dance Between Arts and Control Theory
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Flocking Birds and Group Robustness
This chapter discusses a research project analyzing flocking birds and their attention to neighbors, finding that birds tend to pay attention to up to six or seven neighbors. It also explores the study of starlings and harvester ants to understand spatial organization, decision-making, and resilience in animal groups.
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