Robert's Program

Robert’s Program is a framework that models how complex systems or behaviors can emerge from simple, rule-based interactions among individual components. It emphasizes designing basic rules that, when applied repeatedly, lead to organized patterns or outcomes without centralized control. Think of it as programming a set of instructions for many small parts that, working together, create intricate and adaptive behaviors—similar to how nature’s patterns or social systems develop. Overall, Robert’s Program offers a way to understand and engineer complexity through simplicity, enabling the study and creation of systems that can adapt, evolve, and self-organize.