Ants have a queen and the term queen implies an authority figure but in actuality the queen does not command or tell the others what to do. Often times other ants will drag the queen to areas they would prefer she be.
All ants are born with a job and born knowing what to do. They make collective decisions as a group without any difficulty. They know what needs to be done innately with no commander or instruction. They make decisions not for their own individual survival but for the purpose of the collective good.
Having come from a society with an all-powerful authoritative leader who could not be spoken to who did not value individuals or or their contributions, it seems natural to be transfixed by individualistic drives. But to make choices based wholly on the individual doesn’t feel right. I still yearn to value a collective over myself. Serving only one’s individual purposes leads to a life that feels void of meaning. I want a purpose to fulfill and a group to assist.
When an important discovery is made by a tiny worker scout ant, whom outsider observers of the colony might foolishly consider to be of little worth of expendable... This ant is listened to. Humans portraying ants tend to do so inaccurately, incorrectly placing a hierarchy on the individuals. That’s not how it works within their group. Ants have no such social status.
I believe other lifeforms would envy the cohesive structure of the ant. They do not squabble among themselves. They live in a society in which every individual has a duty and no individual is capable of suppressing the others. Studying the ants, I often times find myself thinking “wow! those ants really have it figured out!”
It is true the ants work at a frantic and constant pace and seem to place no emphasis on concepts like relaxation or fun. However, when you are living with purpose and serving a healthy successful and functional society, is frivolity necessary?
I come from a culture which was not functioning at it’s best and I am studying other types of society to see which structure seems to be the most effective. Ants are an extremely successful species. No society has enchanted me the way their’s has so far.
Of course human society has many brilliant things to offer, but human society also possess a large amount of social ills as well. I believe humans have great things to offer and substantial things to teach us, but they are not what anyone should seek to completely emulate....
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