- Most human and animal teams suffer from the Ringelmann effect: individuals contribute less the more the team grows
- Weaver ants avoid the Ringlemann effect as they work in a team to fold leaves into nest chambers
- A study showed that weaver ants use division of labor to not only avoid the Ringlemann effect but to achieve super efficiency
Ants crack the secret to perfect teamwork
https://www.mpg.de/25235848/0821-ornr-tiny-ants-crack-the-secret-to-perfect-teamwork-987453-x
4 Comments
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
Is ant crack better than people crack? What makes it so much better for teambuilding?
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Are ant colonies one of the best displays of what a communist state could look like?
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 8 pts · 1y
I hope people in a communist state won't dump you onto the garbage pile just because you smell bad.
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
"Danmit, Antony, I keep telling you I ain't garbage! I'm just the groundskeeper."
Cypher@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y