The Myth Of The Ant Queen Analysis

In “Mega Marketing of Depression,” Ethan Watters talks about how culture of depression was evolved in Japan. Steven Johnson in “The Myth of the Ant Queen” talks about the pattern which were used to develop organized complexity. In “The Power of the Context,” Malcolm Gladwell talks about the circumstances which were responsible in changing individual’s behavior. Although, all of these essays are related to each other, culture or community doesn’t determine individual behavior rather individuals determine the culture.
Culture or community are easily manipulated by the individuals. Watters says, “During the early part of the twentieth century the concept of depression [in Japan] remained attached to the diagnosis of severe manic depression imported from … German neuropsychiatrists” (Watters 520). This German neuropsychiatrist came up with the concept of the depression and introduced it to Japan. His theory was so influential that the people of Japan
Johnson says, “The statistic on population growth alone capture the force of that explosion: a 1773 estimate had 24,000 people living in Manchester; the first official census in 1801 found 70,000” (Johnson 196). This explains that many people from different cultures and communities were coming in 1801 to live in Manchester. These people worked hard and made this a place to live for themselves without any government. In the case of demons, “If the first letter is a, the a-recognizing demon reports that it is highly likely that it has recognized a match”. “All the letters-recognizing demons would report to a master demon, who would tally up the votes for each letter” (Johnson 206). This states that all demons different from each other, hence one demon cannot work for other demon, but together they make a sequence which results in a program. In other words, different type of demons tend to make their own new