The Internet Part II: The Über-being

As I mentioned earlier, the Internet is an attempt at the hive mind.  But it's more than just that.  It's human evolution.  There shall be a point when we will become dependent on it for life.  Proof exists everywhere.

In school, students submit their papers.  Then, in a few days, out pops a graded essay.  While in class, they stare blankly at the in-class writing papers, waiting for the paper to be "spell-checked".  Another example of our dependence is SoftBank.  SoftBank is a store where people plug up their computers, phones, iPods, etc. to buy and download software.  These are the echoes of handing in work and going to the market to fill a basket.

Human dependence on the Internet combined with the "one room" mentioned earlier will lead to the construction of an electronic monster.  Humans shall be its cells and circuitry its flesh.  It will be the the hive mind of humans.  And like humans, it will be able to think.  After each person is "enslaved", the creature will develop its own thoughts from the dependent little cells.  As dependent cells, humans would eventually develop a single mind and this would become the mind of the Internet.  This mind would think like a human: grow strong and reproduce.  While this destroys individualism, it is probably the most realistic manifestation of the Will to Power.

The Matrix is not that far away.