hive minds
Unified group intelligence
A hive mind is a collective consciousness in which individual members share thoughts, knowledge, or will—like bees in a hive operating as a single organism.
The term appears in science fiction for alien species or networked beings that think as one: The Borg function as a hive mind.
Figuratively, it describes groups that seem to reach consensus without discussion: Social media can feel like a hive mind.
- ant colonySocial insect community
- worker beesHive's female laborers
- queen beeFertile leader of colony
- beekeepingMaintaining hives for honey
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
honeycomb · collective · emergent behavior · collaboration · joined at the hip · social insects · superorganism · collective intelligence · collective consciousness · swarm intelligence · alien species · extraterrestrial intelligence · network · sentient machines · artificial intelligence · assimilation · social networks · cosmic horror
- sci-fi themesdystopian fiction, utopian fiction, time travel, alternate history, dystopia
hive mindslone wolves
Solitary, self-reliant individuals
mavericks · nonconformists · contrarians · critical thinkers · freethinkers
hive mindsanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
radical individualism · individualism · libertarianism · pluralism · chaos
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