Ants 🐜

Ants 🐜

Years ago, I read that for every human on earth, there are more than a million ants. A fact I can’t forget even if I tried. Now I learned something new: Ants β€” today’s epitome of collaboration β€” used to live and forage alone. However, since this newsletter is not called Fun facts to win a pub quiz with, don’t stop here and go read this beautiful personal essay that is both about ants and not at all about ants. Read it now


From Weekly Filet #351, in June 2021.

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