Starlings
How to make decisions when the stakes are high
1 min readNov 17, 2020
Murmuration: one of nature’s greatest displays. Thousands of starlings fly in swooping, intricately coordinated patterns through the sky. Centimetres apart. Turning at high speeds. Moving in perfect synchrony. Without ever colliding.
How do they do this?
After years of research, scientists concluded the following. Starlings follow one simple rule: pay attention to seven nearest neighbours. No more, no less.
Simple rules for a complex world.
Starlings remind us that there is a balance between having enough good information to make decisions, and learning to filter out the rest.
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