"This Element is an excerpt from The new world of wireless: how to compete in the 4G revolution (ISBN: 9780137003792) by Scott Snyder. Wireless networks connect virtual masses of users and networked objects, allowing them to converge around specific places, ideas, or activities, in a semi-coordinated fashion: a "Digital Swarm." Ten social, technological, political, and economic forces will shape Digital Swarms over the next decade"--Resource description page.