Aristotle described already, what today is called «swarm intelligence» («Politics», III, 11)*: «For the many, of whom each individual is but an ordinary person, when they meet together may very likely be better than the few good […] For each individual among the many has a share of virtue and prudence, and when they meet together, they become in a manner one man, who has many feet, and hands, and senses; that is a figure of their mind and disposition.» But as soon as the swarm moves, there is always one who goes first.
* Quoted from Aristotle: «Politics». Translated by Benjamin Jowett. New York: Dover Publications, 2000.
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