然而庆幸的是，“蚁村”的生活成本是可以承受的。

But, luckily, the cost of living in an ant village is affordable.

但是不要把一群火蚁都扔进水里，不然第二天，它们又会重新出现，安然无恙地漂在水面。

But throw a group of fire ants into the water, come back the next day, and they'll still be floating.

蚁群的集体智能能够作为一种启发，帮助我们解决人类所面临的复杂问题。

The collective intelligence of an ant colony can serve as inspiration to help us solve complex human problems.

To say it's natural for us to do so is not to say we engage in political life spontaneously and avidly, as you might say spiders spin webs or ants build anthills.

说我们本能地会那么做,并不代表,我们自然且贪婪地,忙于政治生活，就像蜘蛛结网,或蚂蚁筑蚁冢。