Editing Stigmergy (section)

===Stigmergic society===
[[Heather Marsh]], associated with the [[Occupy Movement]], [[WikiLeaks|Wikileaks]], and [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]], has proposed a new social system where competition as a driving force would be replaced with a more collaborative society.<ref>
{{Cite book|title = Binding Chaos: Mass collaboration on a global scale|publisher = CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|date = 2013-06-08|isbn = 9781489527684|language = en|first = Heather|last = Marsh|id =  {{ASIN|1489527680|country=uk}}}}</ref> This proposed society would not use [[representative democracy]] but new forms of idea and action based governance and collaborative methods including stigmergy.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|author = Heather Marsh|date = 2012-01-09|title = A proposal for governance: Stigmergy|url = https://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/stigmergy-2/|access-date = 2016-01-13|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160117235400/https://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/stigmergy-2/|archive-date = 2016-01-17|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author = Heather Marsh|date = 2011-12-24|title = A proposal for governance in the post 2011 world|url = http://wlcentral.org/node/2389|access-date = 2013-07-15|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130901090617/http://wlcentral.org/node/2389|archive-date = 2013-09-01|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="wlcentral.org">{{cite web|author = Heather Marsh|date = 2012-02-22|title = A proposal for governance: Concentric User Groups and Epistemic Communities|url = http://wlcentral.org/node/2464|access-date = 2013-07-15|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130831081838/http://wlcentral.org/node/2464|archive-date = 2013-08-31|url-status = dead}}</ref> "With stigmergy, an initial idea is freely given, and the project is driven by the idea, not by a personality or group of personalities. No individual needs permission (competitive) or consensus (cooperative) to propose an idea or initiate a project."<ref name=":0" />

Some at the Hong Kong [[Umbrella Movement]] in 2014 were quoted recommending stigmergy as a way forward.<ref>{{cite news |last=Leavenworth |first=Stuart |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24776518.html |title=Hong Kong protesters, facing divisions, wait for police to act |work=McClatchy |date=2014-11-19 |access-date=2018-04-24 |quote=carrying a sign board for the “Stigmergy Society.” The term refers to the social organization of anthills, in which coordination isn’t achieved by a formal leadership structure but by independent action among those with shared goals. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183115/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24776518.html |archive-date=2018-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>
{{Cite web |title = Occupy Central - Part 1 |url = http://www.zonaeuropa.com/OccupyCentral_1.htm |website = www.zonaeuropa.com |access-date = 2016-01-13 }}</ref>