> The unique capacity for shared intentionality is what first enabled humans to communicate ideas and feelings with each other. Our most crucial invention – language – is essentially a vehicle to transcend each person's cognitive isolation. Another unique human capability, music, permits us to share emotional experiences in a meaningful and exquisite way. More recently, the internet has transformed global society through the enhanced connectivity it's provided. Whether we consider language, music, or the internet, it's hard to argue that these have reduced our individuality. On the contrary, each has permitted us to develop and express our individuality more effectively. From this perspective, it's reasonable to see the emergence of a human superorganism as something that could profoundly enrich, rather than detract from, the intrinsic experience of being human.^[Lent, Jeremy R. The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2017.]