Social Insects

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++++We must learn from the social insects.++++,,

They have been running successful urban civilizations for ''100 million years.'',,

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<p align="justify">++Each termite colony is a gene-pool organized into castes which sends out explorer-migrants to found new mini-worlds.++

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Those who wish to preserve urban civilization should study the insect hive. The word termite comes from the Latin word termes—which means the end. The end-point of terrestrial society is the hive.

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<p align="justify">++The growth of urban civilization during the last 5000 years is a steady move toward insectivization.++

<p align="justify">+++The well-run anthill is 99,995,000 years ahead of humanity in efficient social organization.+++

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<p align="justify">+++A hive is a joyful, clean Manhattan with 8 million secure citizens moving in tune with the humming unity.+++

<p align="justify">++++Humanity cannot grow beyond the Insectoid Stage until it understands precisely how the social insects are ahead of us in terrestrial culture.++++--~~From ''The Intelligence Agents'' by <a href="/leary.htm">Tim Leary</a>~~,,

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'''Video'''

;'''[Deoxy:video/0m7odGafpQU Termites]''':~~''Life's Ultimate Architects''~~

;'''[Deoxy:video/-4653597620938918407 Ants & Genes: Lessons from Collective Intelligence]''':~~''Social Insects to Gene Regulatory Systems''~~

;'''[Deoxy:video/6310544034828039129 Shit & Chicks]''':~~''A farmer uses cow shit to trap termites to feed his chickens''~~

* [Deoxy:video/EWCzUNX7UHM Termites (Termitas Subterráneas)]

* [Deoxy:video/2985668417986879631 Termitas aladas (termites reticulitermes)]

* [Deoxy:video/6087354018954088008 Suriname termites]

* [Deoxy:video/PUSS_rdMCEA The Power of Termites]

* [Deoxy:video/rd7yNoHbZuA Insect to Injury]

* [Deoxy:video/-2685785672646485507 Les termites]

* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7045548092041044774 Life on Earth Episode 04: The Swarming Hordes]

'''Realaudio from [http://www.sheldrake.org Rupert Sheldrake]'''

* '''[http://www.sheldrake.org/realaudio/social.ram The Extended Mind: Social Insects]''' Are the nest-building activities of termites still harmoniously coordinated even when sensory communication is blocked by means of a barrier?

* '''[http://www.newdimensions.org/dimensions/f-hmam.ram Human Mind / Animal Mind]''' astonishing stories involving parrots, termites, and farm animals that will have you looking at the animal kingdom in a whole new light.

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~~@RAM@~~

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