on Collaboration

Collaboration is an interesting behavior, as it ensures the mutual growth and benefit of two otherwise free and independent entities. If you embrace a true collaboration, you blindly agree to its initial terms and commit not to leave as long as the agreed-upon goals are being delivered.

Now this behavior is very visible in the colonies of ants and bees.
a bee or an ant, on its own, is an impressive entity, with a rich set of sensors and actuators to be able to keep up and thrive in our changing environment. However, the awesomeness of ants and bees is in how they self-organize into structured…