Description
When a large group of separate, individual living entities come together, new properties and abilities may emerge, creating a superorganism that is able to behave in new and original ways. Any multicellular creature is a superorganism, and so is a beehive or anthill. But wait… is a beehive alive? And what does that have to do with humans?
This book answers these questions and more as it posits that, just as bees form the superorganism of the hive (after a convincing argument of the aliveness of the latter), all humans are part of a greater superorganism the author names “Agora.” Agora is the entity that is formed by all the interactions, communication, information, technology, specialization, and more that happen between and among all the humans on Earth.
This book is easy to read, highly entertaining, and often quite funny. The author peppers the text with fascinating factoids about nature, history, and science, supporting his premise with the latest research findings. While written with a light touch, the conclusions are thought-provoking. It even hypothesizes an answer to that age-old question: why are we here? Perhaps we humans are more connected to each other than we realize, much greater together than we can ever be alone.