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Emergence - Complexity from Simplicity, Order from Chaos (www.youtube.com)
Emergent complexity can arise from simple interactions between agents following rules. The complexity that arises is suprising and challenges our assumptions about whether order comes from the top or the bottom. Life and consciousness are examples of emergent phenomena.
Just saw this now, really interesting! I've always been fascinated by the movements of birds / schools of fish -- if you blur your eyes, it becomes a single "cell".