Under what conditions will cooperation emerge in a world of egoists without central authority? - Kevin Kelly

When we permit any object to transmit a small amount of data and to receive input from its neighborhood, we change an inert object into an animated node.

If you want something to get done
ask a busy person to do it.

Rule of 7 in research: You can find out anything if you are willing to go seven levels. If the first source you ask doesn’t know ask them who you should ask next and so on down the line. If you are willing to go to the seventh source you’ll almost always get your answer.