[walterbell]

> All of these ants are born physically destined for their careers. There is no uncertainty. Ant societies look very much like human societies, except that all of it happens without the awkwardness of conscious thought or emotions.

Someone included "careers" in that sentence without a trace of irony? At least Benjamin Bratton covers such "post-anthropocene" (posthuman) topics in more depth, http://www.e-flux.com/journal/some-trace-effects-of-the-post...