Web Life

Web Life (German: living network ) is a theoretical concept that regards the Internet ( Web ) as an independent form of life. It was first described and elaborated in Philip Tetlow's book "The Web's Awake". The underlying theories of emergent phenomenon of a living network are network theory , systems theory , complexity theory , swarm intelligence etc.

See also

• Web science
• Superorganism
• Artificial life

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• Tetlow, Philip D .: The Web's Awake: An Introduction to the Field of Web Science and the Concept of Web Life . Wiley Interscience, 2007, ISBN 978-0-470-13794-9 .