![]() ![]() As a former economist, I find their division and specialisation of labour fascinating. If you’re like me and curious about the behaviour of eusocial groups and superorganisms, the leafcutter ants are a wonderful place to start. This post will summarise the lessons that I took from Wilson’s work, focusing more so on evolutionary complexity than on his response to meaning on existence itself. He contends that the study of biology and pre-history is fundamental to understanding modern history and cultural evolution and that the study of super organisms, eusocial species and ecology can teach us a lot about human nature. As the title suggests, Wilson approaches several existential topics from his viewpoint as a biologist and naturalist. ![]() Biologist Edward Wilson wrote a wonderful book in 2014, The Meaning of Human Existence. ![]()
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