To Bee or Not to Bee: What if Good Governance is About Quorum Sensing and Software Can Enhance That?
By Ralph Benko
Hello, Congress? Have You Heard of Honeybee Democracy?
It's what you do best.
Almost as well as honeybees.
Now, this capability is being programmed into software that may make you even more proficient at what you do best.
Spoiler alert. It's about sensing the quorum, not requiring everyone to agree.
Honeybee democracy teaches an important lesson. It's a useful lesson for you, you and your colleagues being the tentpole of American governance. Soon, through the development of advanced software, you may become even better at representative democracy and governance--enhancing the public's esteem of you, and your (or your elected official’s) re-electability.
So… what is “honeybee democracy?” It’s a real thing.
The entomologist Thomas Seeley spent decades studying this process and wrote the definitive book Honeybee Democracy. His work describes a process of collective fact-finding, debate, consensus-seeking, and, ultimately, group direction.
It takes a hive.
No jive.
...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to hackernoon.com. To see the full text click HERE
