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Introduction: Here Comes Everybody! 11

PART ONE

1 The Myth of the Ant Queen 29

PART TWO

2 Street Level

3 The Pattern Match

4 Listening to Feedback

5 Control Artist

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PART THREE

6 The Mind Readers

7 See What Happens

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

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