you are really zeroing in on the ant idea but the point of bringing it up is to illustrate the larger point going back to computers. the hive mind is just organization i.e. society. its rudimentary in the way it doesnt produce anything useless to the survival of the species. that isnt the case in higher order society; art is not very useful for the survival of the species, unless im mistaken and van gogh had 100 kids out of wedlock or something. art has more of what is rudimentary in ants, and artists have always claimed influence from some higher force.
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