26 May

Patterns appear, and nobody plans them or designs them. So they’re pretty mysterious, but maybe also the secret to understanding society, because society is these patterns. They’re not designed or planned by individuals, or by groups. They just happen. For example: - cities all have the same structure and patterns, no matter the culture - our shopping follows patterns which no one or no group designed - there are patterns of TV viewing, music listening, film watching, car buying....etc. - fashions are patterns - statistics and analytics can find patterns in everything we do. I think we need to understand patterns, where they come from, it’s an amazing story.