Instead, some basic rules need to be placed for the most effective operation of any system. In this case, doesn't a form of authority also come into play? Thus, at the end, the self-organizing system doesn't necessarily obliterate all the central power. Still, a "master" is placed to grade the performances of demons and manages to improve the system to an operational and self-learning one. Does this mean that even in a self-organizing system, a form of authority is still required, to achieve the optimized status of the system? As Johnson expands the idea to the invention of "pandemonium" and later the invention of computer, he uses this concept as an innovative way of thinking. And eventually, real regulations need to be enforced to achieve a somewhat balanced and organized city environment. Yet, for me, this concept is undermined by the example, since the city was notoriously known for the squalor and turmoil as result of the lack of authority. The distinct separation of working class and middle class seems to be author's way of persuading us that the self-organizing system can be applied to both nature and human, thus amplifying the truth and practicality behind the new way of thinking. Later, Johnson proceeds to apply this concept to our own system, the city Manchester. Yet, the term "self-organizing system" seems to contradict the traditional thinking. And that is why in our cities and countries are eventually entitled with a form of government. The title "ant queen" comes from our routined assumption of the existence of authority whenever there's a regulated system such as the ant colony.
My initial perception of this term is solely derived from the observation of the ant colony. It refers to the community that lacks a centralized government, yet manages to create an underlying rule of interaction and regulation. The term "self-organizing system" is introduced early on in the essay from the mysteriously methodical system of ant colony.
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