hivemind
Shared mental network
Hivemind describes collective thinking or decision-making that operates as if guided by a single consciousness, like bees in a hive.
In science fiction, it often refers to a group of beings sharing thoughts telepathically or controlled by one intelligence.
Online, hivemind characterizes communities that seem to think alike, often critically: Reddit's hivemind downvoted anyone who disagreed.
The term can suggest either impressive collective intelligence or troubling groupthink depending on context.
Winged pollinators
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- swarmMass of moving insects
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- droneUnmanned flying machine
worker · ant colony · termite mound · wasp nest · eusocial · pheromones · superorganism · instinctual
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- swarm intelligenceDecentralized group decision-making
- collective consciousnessShared beliefs of a group
gestalt · emergent behavior · crowdsourcing · wisdom of crowds · mob mentality · mass psychology · group dynamics · superorganism
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
- uniformityState of being identical
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- obedienceCompliance with authority
herd mentality · assimilation · homogeneity · echo chamber · thought control · indoctrination · brainwashing · cult mentality
Gathering input from masses
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- viralSpreading quickly online
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- RedditSocial news aggregator
Twitter · trending · echo chamber · online mob · cancel culture · networked · influencer · hashtag
Cybernetic collective species
- cyberneticHuman-machine hybrid technology
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- neural linkConnection between mind and machine
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
collective consciousness · alien intelligence · psionic · singularity · transhumanism · cyberpunk · dystopia · drones
bees
Winged pollinators
drone · worker · ant colony · termite mound · wasp nest · eusocial · pheromones · superorganism · instinctual · nest
groupthink
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- swarm intelligenceDecentralized group decision-making
collective consciousness · gestalt · emergent behavior · crowdsourcing · wisdom of crowds · mob mentality · mass psychology · group dynamics · superorganism · crowd psychology
groupthink
Conformity-driven poor decisions
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
- uniformityState of being identical
- complianceAdhering to requirements
obedience · herd mentality · assimilation · homogeneity · echo chamber · thought control · indoctrination · brainwashing · cult mentality · ideological conformity
crowdsourcing
Gathering input from masses
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- viralSpreading quickly online
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
Reddit · Twitter · trending · echo chamber · online mob · cancel culture · networked · influencer · hashtag · viral spread
Borg
Cybernetic collective species
- cyberneticHuman-machine hybrid technology
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- neural linkConnection between mind and machine
assimilation · collective consciousness · alien intelligence · psionic · singularity · transhumanism · cyberpunk · dystopia · drones · science fiction
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- collectivismcollectivism, commune, collective, herd mentality, common ownership
- Futurismjetpacks, holograms, robots, androids, cyborgs
- herd behaviorherd mentality, bandwagon effect, conformism, peer pressure, following the crowd
- collective mindcollective consciousness, collective intelligence, swarm intelligence, Borg, collective
- crowd wisdomwisdom of crowds, swarm intelligence, collective intelligence, crowdsourcing, consensus
hivemindindependent thought
Self-directed reasoning
lone wolf · rugged individualism · maverick · nonconformist · iconoclast
hivemindanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
decentralization · fragmentation · disorganization · chaos · every man for himself
hivemindcritical thinking
Objective evaluation of information
dissent · freethought · skepticism · heterodoxy · pluralism