Collective dynamism, creativity and liberal elements are by no means missing in this construct. The structure of the Internet, inherently anarchist and decentralized, is to act as a prevention against hierarchical totalitarianism. Starting with microbes and proceeding to humans, there are countless examples for the fact that success results from cooperation and symbiosis. In this super-organism, people are the nodes that pick up and transmit information. But Rosnay says that the people themselves are by no means to be equated with insects in an ant society.
Individuals gain their identity from experiences in interacting with family and power relationships.
In both nature and society, the need exists for demarcation and the affirmation of borders. But even societies need limits and external stimulation. People, like societies, grow by challenges and tasks. More specific and detailed ideas on the possibilities of bringing about the global brain are provided by Francis Heylighen, another member of the brain group who is proficient in a number of scientific disciplines, and who has worked with Stephen Hawking in Cambridge. Despite the many problems of interaction between human individuals, he sees the trend towards becoming a collective as being unstoppable.