"And, if we've really formed a group mind, then yes, I'll feel responsible for your people."

We may wind up as some kind of weird group mind.

Perhaps they were a group mind, in which case the concept of individual identity would be meaningless to them.

The group mind was a threat that would only have become more powerful.

Because you know how to get a large number of individuals to give up their personal will and subject themselves to a group mind.

"What is it like to be part of a group mind?"

So what happens if the entire Earth links up and we deal with a group mind?

The group mind of Man had surely made the same observation.

They can't exist without their group minds, and his own people would put him to death.

You think they might be members of a group mind, then?