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Stephen Downes

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I'm sure there's a lesson about forging your own path or following leaders like ants in there somewhere. At the very least it's yet another example of what amazing things you can learn from the internet. It's "a circular mill, first described in army ants by Schneirla (1944). A circle of army ants, each one following the ant in front, becomes locked into a circular mill. They will continue to circle each other until they all die."

Via Cynical C and The Ant Room

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