Spontaneous order
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Spontaneous order, also known as "self-organization", is the spontaneous emergence of order out of seeming chaos. It is a process found in physical, biological, and social networks, as well as economics, though the term "self-organization" is more often used for physical and biological processes, while "spontaneous order" is typically used to describe the emergence of various kinds of social orders from a combination of self-interested individuals who are not intentionally trying to create order through planning. The evolution of life on Earth, language, crystal structure, the Internet and a free market economy have all been proposed as examples of systems which evolved through spontaneous order.
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See also
- Anonymous
- Deregulation
- Free price system
- "I, Pencil" by Leonard Read
- Mutual aid
- Natural law
- Natural order
- Organised order
- Revolutionary spontaneity
- Stand Alone Complex
- Stigmergy
- Tragedy of the commons
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