When I first heard the idea of Hive Mind, I got to think of a queen bee. I don't want to go too far, but it is a question worth thinking about: Who controls bees' minds? Does a queen bee control the hive mind?
In reality, the central role of the queen is just laying eggs (over 2000 a day). The queen bee does not control the bee colony. Then who? Workers or drones? Nope. Nobody control a bee colony. They are just doing the jobs given to them. Something that controls bee colonies and their hive mind is the collective mind having no formality but still exists.
In our society, then who controls our hive mind? There are many influencers and manipulators, for sure. Still, from a broad perspective, the collective unconscious might be the thing that controls our hive mind. Worth watching some youtube videos about Carl Jung's idea.
I also thought of queen bees when I heard this term! Your questions made me think of a theory from a class I took in 2018. I had to go into my Canvas archives to find it!
ReplyDeleteThere's the idea of social consent which simply out is that we live by rules the laws of hegemony because we are taught to think they're in our best interest. Even when they aren't.
I agree with this in many ways and like that you mentioned Carl Jung. have you considered how hive mind looks on social media? Great post, got me thinking!