Superorganism in a biological scenes is the tissues and cells or the small parts working together to create an action or a specific role. With these small parts working together it builds up to help the ecosystem or the big picture per say. When dealing with technology this method of superorganism is used a lot in many different ways. An example is from one of the lecture we had in Dolan auditorium this year. We were informed about crisis mapping which is a perfect example of superoranism. People from all over the world that individually mount to an extremely small percent report information to build a huge worldwide crises map to help people in need. It shows that every little thing matters and every little thing contributes to the full effect. Now the real question is, does Facebook depend on a superorganism approach? I personally believe they do depend on superorganism. I believe this because Facebook is a social network and the part “social” is crucial. Every Facebook user or account holder is part of the overall Facebook world. The individual user is the smallest piece or the “cell” and being a cell you can share picture and events with the rest of the other users or “cells”. If every user didn’t believe they were a part of the big picture then there would be no picture.
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