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The emergent, unplanned city of Hamburg circa 1850, evolved topographically to resemble a human brain. What’s even more interesting is the recent discovery that “brains and cities, as they grow larger, have to be similarly densely interconnected to function optimally.”

Image from Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software by Steven Johnson.

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The emergent, unplanned city of Hamburg circa 1850, evolved topographically to resemble a human brain. What’s even more interesting is the recent discovery that “brains and cities, as they grow larger, have to be similarly densely interconnected to function optimally.” Image from Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software by Steven Johnson. /via bashford ryvarga
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