He performed groundbreaking studies of the large scale biochemical processes of the earth, and was the first to think of the Earth and all living things as a single biosphere 2 . The most straightforward way of approaching the concept of the human superorganism is through trend. By examining a significant trend throughout the development of living creatures and humanity, in particular, it is possible to extrapolate the development of the human superorganism. This trend has been for systems of single entities acting separately to combine into systems of many entities acting in cooperation. The most basic example of this is the organic cell.
Any cell is considered to be alive.
However, one would never attribute this quality to the individual molecules. The creation of this new quality of life by the combination of molecules can be further examined. Because no molecule alone is alive, no one could ever predict the phenomenon of life by considering only one molecule. However, if the interactions between molecules are also considered, it is possible that systems complex enough to exhibit the characteristics of life could be predicted. This emphasizes the idea that the interactions between the single entities in a complex system are integral to the formation of the new quality.