Interesting, my mind spirals. Is the ego (Borg queen) manifesting (appearing only after TNG) to quell the neurotic, all-consuming pursuit of answers to technic

Interesting, my mind spirals. Is the ego (Borg queen) manifesting (appearing only after TNG) to quell the neurotic, all-consuming pursuit of answers to technically impossible but theoretically valid questions? Did bare, mechanic cognition come first, then some way to reflect on and steer it as a defense mechanism to getting stuck in catatonic or compulsive loops? wat