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Why Don't Ants Need A Leader?

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Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Getting Organized

About Deborah Gordon’s TED Talk

The world’s largest ant colony stretches over 3,700 miles. It succeeds, biologist Deborah Gordon says, because no one is in charge. The ants communicate with algorithmic patterns to survive and thrive.

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