> > With the era of mass communication upon us, the collective human organism . . . rose into existence. > I like thinking about us this way too, as being both

> > With the era of mass communication upon us, the collective human organism . . . rose into existence. > I like thinking about us this way too, as being both individuals but at the same time also forming a sorts of organism together. You may be interested in Paul Stamets' thoughts on this, essentially, that the invention of the Internet was an evolutionary inevitability. https://youtu.be/90vhfdj1zic?t=977 https://youtu.be/90vhfdj1zic?t=977