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I Woke up This Morning to 100 Unwelcome Guests in My Living Room
That taught me something cool about productivity
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What I’m learning about 🧠
A spectacular superpower called Stigmergy.
First, a little context.
I woke up this morning to about a hundred unwelcome guests in my living room.
Now before you start judging me for my life decisions, let me clarify that these guests were very small.
No, I hadn’t rented a cast of little people like in The Wolf of Wall Street.
My house guests were ants!
So I donned my Rambo headband, grabbed a can of Raid, and me and these ants had a little conversation.
Why am I telling you this?
Because ants use a fascinating method of indirect coordination to let each other know where food is hidden.
It’s called Stigmergy and involves leaving a trail of pheromones that other ants can follow.
