Scripted. People are not that inter-coordinated. At least, not until we all get our hive-mind implants.
Also, they say at the very end of the video: PR stunt for Belgium reality show. Even so, if it wasn't a PR stunt, I would have guessed it was an Improv Anywhere mission, a cross between http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/ and http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/09/food-court-musical/ Amazing stuff. And as Victoria says, the real emergent behavior is in the responses of those for which the missions are performed. ~~James On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/04/08/ac.shot.tues.cnn > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
