City highway networks follow the same deep scaling laws that brains do, from older work of mine. In both cases there is no master planner, but they discover the same solution. You can read about it by linking to the paper… https://www.changizi.com/uploads/8/3/4/4/83445868/citybrain.pdf
I admit I didn't read the article so maybe I don't understand the comparison but I'd say that City Highway Networks aren't made without any master planner. In cities the highway system is expanded over time, it's not all built at once before use but each time any major expansion of the existing system is made there is a lot of master planning involved, far more than most people realize. voluntarily sell. Not only are they planning how to implement the new expansion but they also have to factor into that future expansions because eventually the existing expansion will need expanding.
Also. doesn't brain pathways work based on the most efficient route? I can tell you "most efficient" is rarely a factor in planning and expanding of city highway systems.
I admit I didn't read the article so maybe I don't understand the comparison but I'd say that City Highway Networks aren't made without any master planner. In cities the highway system is expanded over time, it's not all built at once before use but each time any major expansion of the existing system is made there is a lot of master planning involved, far more than most people realize. voluntarily sell. Not only are they planning how to implement the new expansion but they also have to factor into that future expansions because eventually the existing expansion will need expanding.
Also. doesn't brain pathways work based on the most efficient route? I can tell you "most efficient" is rarely a factor in planning and expanding of city highway systems.