Few people have the time to stop and smell the roses. Modern life keeps many too busy to do otherwise. But when we do take a moment and look at nature we are often taken back in awe by it's beauty and complex design. Nature has complex patterns that captivate us. Take a look close look at the pattern created by a flock of birds. Birds flying together often form a V-shape formation. A school of fish swimining together form circular shapes. The waves on the shore form a distinct shoreline. And last we observe the dunes in the desert shaped by desert winds. Emergence is one of those properties in nature that is responsible for this phenomenon. It is a way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. In the same manner that emergence takes place among nature people form similar dynamics in social interactions.
