“The Flocking Party” averaged 500 hits per day in the second month it was up. I am still receiving emails and comments about it and it continues to perpetuate discussion. I am heartened to hear that people can relate to the subject matter and the aesthetics of the design. This has been a great accomplishment for me. I don't think that any of my work has ever quite communicated ideas as effectively as “The Flocking Party”. But the component I think has that the greatest potential for scientific and creative culture is the form of the multilinear narrative, which emerged from my process of creating the story.

As a mind-like medium, multilinear narrative holds the potential to generate a diverse range of relevant questions and answers. A network of meaningfully connected content serves as a problem space that is engaging to explore. As different people explore, they each find their own way through the content. Although, this produces a huge range of interpretations, those familiar with the territory gain a common ground to discuss a new problem space. “The Flocking Party” is a test run of this idea. By distributing “The Flocking Party” to members of a large audience, it holds great potential for discussion. The complimentary interpretations it generates serve as narrative ground for conversation about cognition, media, and environment.