They say, “Emergence is the fundamental scientific explanation for how local changes can materialize as global systems of influence.” It is? Has this been demonstrated or is it just their perception? To quote one of there ‘examples’:

“We nourish this network in many ways, but most essentially through creating opportunities for learning and sharing of experiences and shifting into communities of practice. We also illuminate the work of these pioneering efforts so that many more people will learn from them. We are attempting to work intentionally with emergence so that small, local efforts can become a global force for change.”

Could it not be that all this ‘external input’ to the system just helps increase local intelligence and then local efforts simply become more efficient because of improved communications?

Where are the scientific studies?