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   Albert ARIBAUD ✎ (aaribaud@mastodon.art)'s status on Monday, 02-Jan-2023 15:00:06 JST Albert ARIBAUD ✎

   #writever Superindividual

   On Earth, only one real example of a superindividual has ever developed : sheep. The whole of the species works like a single organism, the intelligence of which is divided among its members. And therein lies the rub.

   #MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english

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     Albert ARIBAUD ✎ (aaribaud@mastodon.art)'s status on Monday, 02-Jan-2023 17:40:27 JST Albert ARIBAUD ✎

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     • Noam writes

     @noam Indeed! For this #writever I did ponder a story where ants, known to form colonies already, would unite into a single Gestalt over the whole planet and take over humanity (and come to think of it, bees could have been included in it too as an airborne component) -- but I preferred the lighter tone of a much less dangerous dimwitted sheep Gestalt.?

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     Noam writes (noam@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 02-Jan-2023 17:40:29 JST Noam writes

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     @aaribaud I think ants and bees would qualify too.