Out of Control
Today I pulled out my copy of Out of Control by Kevin Kelly to see if it listed the earlier mentioned book The Selfish Gene (by Richard Dawkins, which I didn’t state before). Of course it was.
Out of Control is a book from which things pop up in my conscience from day to day. It covers stuff like artificial intelligence, hive minds, swarms, self-supporting ecosystems, etc. Kelly, the founding editor of Wired Magazine, also has made the book available online. Go and browse it and see if it seems interesting. Then buy it.