We Are All Apes Behaving Like Ants
May 22, 2018 · 10 min read
Greetings Fellow Formicidae
There’s a prevailing opinion among some intellectuals that by virtue of our intelligence, the human species is now in a post-evolutionary state — that language, technology, and economics have separated us from the other organisms of the planet, allowing us to dominate the Earth. We are destined for grander, better things — enlightenment and space colonization — and we are off the evolutionary rails and can control our own destiny. This widely held view, in my estimation, is thoroughly and objectively wrong. To understand why, let’s first…
