the slacker rules

[Roger Critchlow-2]

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6403/672.full

In which it turns out that sometimes a worker standing idle contributes most efficiently to getting the collective job done.

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[Roger Critchlow-2]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/science/ants-worker-idleness.html

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On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:56 PM Roger Critchlow <[hidden email]> wrote:

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6403/672.full

In which it turns out that sometimes a worker standing idle contributes most efficiently to getting the collective job done.

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[Steve Smith]

    "Sometimes the most you can do is nothingI"

I think this is a special case of impedance matching between the individual and the "institution" within which the individual operates.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/science/ants-worker-idleness.html

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On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:56 PM Roger Critchlow <[hidden email]> wrote:

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6403/672.full

In which it turns out that sometimes a worker standing idle contributes most efficiently to getting the collective job done.

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