Ned Yeung on Nostr: "An ant’s simplicity prevents her from solving the puzzle on her own but ...

"An ant’s simplicity prevents her from solving the puzzle on her own but facilitates effective cooperation with nest-mates. A single person is cognitively sophisticated and solves the problem efficiently but this leads to interpersonal variation that stands in the way of efficient group performance."

Like at work when a professional knows that a job is easiest performed by one, but a manager steps in and says, "This is a team project and everybody needs to contribute".

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2414274121