Stefanie Faye

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SUPER-ORGANISM INTELLIGENCE & RE-CLAIMING YOUR PURPOSE

What seems to be emerging in our understanding of the nature of intelligence is that it is related to collective networks of ‘nodes’ that share information, more than a single cell or node.
Here’s a perspective I also see emerging from this more advanced understanding: the human species is like a super-organism of nodes (or cells). Humans are in some ways a network of neurons on the planet. Each unique perspective adds intelligence to the network. The more nodes that are included and connected, the more intelligent the human super-organism becomes. An organism that can adapt to its surroundings and create ways for it to sustain itself is another feature of intelligence.
When the human super-organism excludes communication from certain nodes, it dumbs down its own intelligence, making it less able to figure out solutions to its challenges. Fewer nodes, means less data, which makes the system less able to predict future outcomes and find ways to avoid scenarios that will lead to its own death or impairment. *
*this mechanism is also why social media needs us addicted to its platforms
What leads to dynamic intelligence that can continuously adapt to ever-changing events and information?
As many nodes as possible within that system contributing to the collective perspective. When nodes are excluded, this impairs the system’s ability to predict and shift when needed. We can see this in healthy versus less healthy brain functioning as well. A healthy brain has a rich diversity of communication across multiple regions. In issues like depression, anxiety, obsessive rumination, we see a lack of communication, or sometimes 'hyper-coherence' of certain networks:
Hyper-coherence is when certain networks are almost ‘locked into’ a rigid form of repetitive, hyper-active communication, to the detriment of the brain's overall functioning.
Hypo-coherence describes not enough information traveling among certain circuits. What can improve this type of hyper- or hypo- connectivity? Sharing of information that transcends a specific node or circuit.
I believe that when we are using our own experiences to be of service to someone else, we are sharing information in ways that transcend our 'individual self-networks’ (which tend to be hyper-coherent')

This is the essence of ‘self-transcendent purpose’ - something I think helps people discover a feeling of meaning in their life (and adds to the collective intelligence of the human super-organism network).
   
I'll be covering these topics (and many more!) in upcoming articles and podcast episodes

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