Turtles, termites, and traffic jams

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1. mcphageSep 2026
   There was also "Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams" which uses a parallelized version of logo to explore ideas about decentralized systems and is really excellent: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262680936/turtles-termites-and-...
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2. jkestnerSep 2026
   One of my favorite books is Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262680936/turtles-termites-and-...), basically the thesis of one of his students (and current MIT Media Lab professor) Mitchel Resnick. It's about the educational value of modeling distributed systems with StarLogo.
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3. cratermoonAug 2021
   Also Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams by Mitchel Resnick http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/249411715
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4. _rezaDec 2018
   FAILED IT! - (good ideas but not deep enough)

   The Children's Machine, Rethinking School In The Age of Computers - (uprooted my mind completely about kids)

   Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas -

   Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams: Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds - (helped me to start thinking about phenoms in a decentralized way, a delightful perspective!)

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5. mcphageOct 2018
   To add to your comment: StarLogo is talked about in the book "Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams", which is a great book talking about understanding decentralized phenomenon, and how we learn to understand them. But the language seems to have vastly diverged from what's used in the book, which is disappointing.
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6. hypertextheroApr 2017
   If you're interested in emergent AI I recommend Mitch Resnick's Turtles, Termites and Traffic Jams — https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/turtles-termites-and-traffic-...
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