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Also, the Culture is not a hive mind. All the people and Minds are individuals. They could form a hive mind, but wouldn't because then they would ascend. Cultur

Also, the Culture is not a hive mind. All the people and Minds are individuals. They could form a hive mind, but wouldn't because then they would ascend. Culture exists by not ascending.

datameta 3y ago
Right, and the books mention how the Culture is a bit long in the tooth to Sublime, seeing other younger civs speed-run toward this extradimensional afterlife.