Have you ever seen a flock of birds or a shoal of fish change direction very quickly? This is called an emergent behavior; according to Wickipedia: An emergent behavior or emergent property can appear when a number of simple entities (agents) operate in an environment, forming more complex behaviors as a collective.
Think of how we are becoming more and more interconnected. My social networks are growing everyday. While I am not totally sold on social networks, they are setting us up so that we will be able to quickly organize and coordinate.
We may not think that our society is moving quickly enough towards solving the problems of our time, but look at the birds and get inspired!
Tags: social media, sustainability