Mind over Matter

In a perfect world, everyone would intuitively work towards the common good. The notion of “we” vs. “them” would have become obsolete because everyone would be striving for the benefit of everyone else. Like in an ant colony or a bee hive all actions would be coordinated as if motivated by a single rationale with the difference being that the tasks and abilities of each member would be highly specialized. The individual, with her or his particular skills and abilities would put their efforts toward the attainment of a single objective, say sustainability, while working under very clear directives of what the basic principles of sustainability are. There would be no theoretical nit picking, no ethical wavering, and no personal profit to be gained from deviating from the objective. In fact, the principles would be communicated and reinforced at all times through a collective mind force which would also provide the momentum for all innovation to move humanity closer to the ideal state of oneness. The question is whether our brains will evolve in time to be able to process more complex social information. To this point, it is generally able to handle the interactions between members of groups up to 150 individuals. For tens of thousands of years that was all that was needed, but increasingly with the establishment of cities and nation states our population requirements have exceeded our brain capacity. As the frontal cortex continues to struggle with the processing of its share of ever more complex emotional information (it's not all located in the limbic area), we see conflicts escalate and competition over natural resources threaten our entire civilisation. Mind over matter is taking on a new urgency.