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Adam Smith, Disproved? How ants may have disproven the importance of specialization. (nytimes.com)
3 points by matth on Nov 20, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



Fortunately we don't live in a collective like ants and aren't driven by biological forces to carry out tasks we were predetermined for at birth. I call bullshit.


Do you not believe you were predtermined at birth to do what you do? Your thoughts and interests drove you to your current profession.


Your thoughts and interests were influenced by everything you saw and heard since the day you were born... regardless of your genetic makeup.


You live in a collective. Your tunnels are highways, and you do in fact have a job to perform. Back to work!


We are not ants.




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