Imagine you were reborn as a female queen ant with an expected lifespan of about 15 years (worker ants live about half a queen’s timespan), and had the ambition to make the most of your tiny new life. And you got to keep your current intellectual capacity and knowledge.
How much could you achieve as an ant?
Make inter-nest alliances. Build the foundation of species-as-single-organism. Set ants on the road to total global domination.
How do you know so much about any society and negotiations that you’re confident you’d be able to do that?