 | Here is an interesting interview with Steven Johnson, author of "Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software." Admittedly, it was the subject matter including ants and the prefatory quote of Lewis Thomas that attracted me to the book.
This isn't the quote in question. However, it's still worth reading: "Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labor, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television." - Lewis Thomas |
