wphamilton

With our increasing dependence on electronic devices that are all increasingly interconnected, we're all eventually going to be incorporated as nodes in a neural network which operates to optimize the efficiency of traffic flow, safety and, possibly, enjoyment. While minimizing overall cost. In a sense we are already, except that the nodal algorithms are operating primitively on local boundary conditions and the network feedback effected in a vague manner through traffic code, infrastructure changes, levels of enforcement and so on, to a mix of conflicting and long range goals. In the not so distant future it will become possible to transform this naturally manifested network into a deliberately programmed one, with instant feedback on each participant informing his individual nodal behavior.