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There are all kinds of hive minds, and some are more dangerous than others.
According to the Core World definition, however, all hive minds are dangerous,
because they have the potential to destroy all individuality in the
entire universe. I used to think that that was an exaggeration, but I feel
differently now. I am a former member of the Baileribo Colony. Founded by a
man whose last name you can probably guess, the Baileribo Society first formed
in the year 2062. At the time, mind uploading and consciousness transference
were still in their infancy, and a true hive mind was beyond our grasp.
Archaea Baileribo died before his dream was realized, but the hive mind honors
his name to this day. I used to believe in that, but what I didn’t understand
was that I didn’t believe in anything. The collective believed in it,
and I was forced to agree. I won’t go too much into what my life was like
before, but I was born about 300 years ago in a libertarian lunar base. It was
a hellscape, and I wanted to get out. Everything was about individual
liberties, but nothing was about community. I yearned for something better.
Then along came a group of Baileriban recruits, and I was instantly hooked.
The promised to take me out of the dystopia, and into paradise. I believed
them, I trusted them. Now, I’m not saying that Baileribo is an evil entity,
just that it could stand to be more honest and transparent. I didn’t have the
chance to learn all the facts before it was too late, and at that point, I
wasn’t myself anymore. The Baileriban are telepathic, but the means of
telepathy is not something that can be genetically engineered. I don’t know
why. It wasn’t my department. That might sound paradoxical, but I’ll get into
that. In order to join the collective, they implant a special telepathy organ
called a baileriboport, which allows forces you to share your
thoughts with everyone. It takes a few weeks to get used to, but then it’s a
magical sensation. I won’t lie to you, I was the happiest when I was
connected. Then I saw something that I wasn’t meant to. The hive mind isn’t
the only entity in Hivedome—which I should have told you before, we fled to
recently to avoid persecution by the Stellar Neighborhood establishment. It’s
only one layer of the lie. It’s run by a group of individuals who
can share their thoughts with each other, but don’t have to. They can
block their own signals, keep secrets from each other, and can even disconnect
at will. They are the elite. They make all the decisions while making it seem
like a group idea. They were walking amongst us without the rest of us
knowing. Seeing this truth broke my brain, and allowed me to override my own
baileriboport just enough to start behaving erratically. They didn’t know why
I wasn’t conforming, but it was disruptive, and I had to be stopped. I wasn’t
the first to exhibit idiosyncratic conduct, and I won’t be the last, but I do
believe that I’m the only one whose memories weren’t successfully erased after
expulsion. Again, I don’t think that the Baileriban have any plans to hurt
anyone, and they don’t technically coerce recruits. But they certainly don’t
tell you everything. The Castlebourne government has granted me this
opportunity to write a review of this permanently isolated dome which no one
else has been allowed to speak on, because anyone who knows anything wouldn’t
dare reveal our secrets. I implore you, if a recruiter comes to you, remember
that they’re not really part of the hive mind. They’re just part of the people
who control it from the outside. They can’t be trusted.
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