And here's the url to the Arumba's swarm video since url's are not allowed on the first post : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeHEj_sEKnw

TL;DR Voting based research option to best embrace the hive mind in a large multiplayer sessions. After watching Arumba's recent "Factorio Swarm" with 159 players, sometimes research is a pain when people keep changing it and losing all progression. Although persistent research may fix the...