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Kathryn Barbash, PsyD's avatar

This was delightful and now I know some ant trivia to impress my kids!

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Yael Schonbrun's avatar

Haha, glad to help you on the trivia front! If you're looking for kind of a fun read (I read some parts aloud to my kids), I highly recommend Wilson's Tales from The Ant World.

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Selda Koydemir's avatar

This is a super cool post, Yael! I’ve decided to leave humanity and join the world of ants :)

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Yael Schonbrun's avatar

Thanks for the post compliment Selda!! And yes, the simplicity of ant communication generates does sound appealing;)

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Todd Kashdan's avatar

Love this idea of reducing miscommunications with clarity. And congratulations on 400!!! I gotta got on there one day.

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Yael Schonbrun's avatar

Thanks Todd! And I always like to talk with you on any and all platforms!

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Reputation Intelligence's avatar

This was very interesting to read and learn, Yael. Afterward, I sat and meditated on it because there was more my brain wanted to process.

I then thought back to this, "... the deficit in flexibility in understanding means new learning about the meaning of a message is not possible," and how we as humans, at times, have that deficiency too, for psychological reasons, causing us, like ants, to make poor decisions that hurt our own.

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