A hive mind or group mind may refer to:

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Collective consciousness Collective consciousness, collective conscience, or collective conscious (french: conscience collective) is the set of shared beliefs, ideas, and moral attitudes which operate as a unifying force within society.''Collins Dictionary of Sociolog ...

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collective intelligence Collective intelligence (CI) is shared or group intelligence (GI) that emerges from the collaboration, collective efforts, and competition of many individuals and appears in consensus decision making. The term appears in sociobiology, politic ...

, two concepts in sociology and philosophy ** Group mind (science fiction), a type of collective consciousness * Groupthink, in which the desire for harmony or conformity in a group results in irrational or dysfunctional decision-making **

Sheeple Herd behavior is the behavior of individuals in a group acting collectively without centralized direction. Herd behavior occurs in animals in herds, Pack (canine), packs, bird flocks, fish schools and so on, as well as in humans. Voting, Demonst ...

, a derogatory term referring to groups of people who ‘mindlessly’ follow those in power *

Swarm intelligence Swarm intelligence (SI) is the collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems, natural or artificial. The concept is employed in work on artificial intelligence. The expression was introduced by Gerardo Beni and Jing Wang in 1989, in ...

, the collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems, natural or artificial ** The apparent consciousness of colonies of

social insect Eusociality (from Greek εὖ ''eu'' "good" and social), the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generat ...

s such as ants, bees, and termites *

Universal mind Universal mind or universal consciousness is a metaphysical concept suggesting an underlying essence of all being and becoming in the universe. It includes the being and becoming that occurred in the universe prior to the arising of the concept ...

, a type of universal higher consciousness in some esoteric beliefs * Egregore, a concept in occultism which has been described as group mind

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* ''Hive Mind'' (book), a 2015 nonfiction book by Garett Jones * ''Hive Mind'' (The Internet album), 2018 * ''Hive Mind'' (Sinch album), 2012 * "Hive Mind", a 2013 song by They Might Be Giants from ''

Nanobots Nanoid robotics, or for short, nanorobotics or nanobotics, is an emerging technology field creating machines or robots whose components are at or near the scale of a nanometer (10−9 meters). More specifically, nanorobotics (as opposed to mi ...

'' * "Hive Mind", a 2016 song by Circle of Dust from '' Machines of Our Disgrace'' * "Hive Mind", a 2017 song by Blanck Mass from ''

World Eater ''World Eater'' is the third studio album by British musician Benjamin John Power, under his musical project Blanck Mass. It was released on 3 March 2017 by Sacred Bones Records. Production ''World Eater'' was recorded in Power's home studio in ...

'' * "Hive Mind", a 2021 song by Tirzah from '' Colourgrade'' * "Hivemind", a 2012 song by To Speak of Wolves from ''

Find Your Worth, Come Home ''Find Your Worth, Come Home'' is the second studio album by American metalcore band To Speak of Wolves. It was released on May 22, 2012 through Solid State. Produced by Matt McClellan, the record was recorded at Glow In The Dark Studios in Atla ...

'' * "Hivemind", a 2022 song by Slipknot from ''

The End, So Far ''The End, So Far'' is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on September 30, 2022, through Roadrunner Records. This is the band's final album to be released through Roadrunner, whom the band signed wit ...

'' * '' HiveMind'', a video game that was planned but never released by Will Wright * ''

Hive Minds ''Hive Minds'' is a British television quiz show that aired on BBC Four from 14 July 2015 to 1 December 2016. It was hosted by Fiona Bruce. Background ''Hive Minds'' was developed by Saltbeef TV - a production firm responsible for CBBC's ''Frid ...

'', a BBC4 quiz-show started in 2015 and hosted by Fiona Bruce * HIVEMIND, an internet game show hosted by Riley Savage, Graydon Weaver and the fictional Dignan Zazumbazaffodil, played by Weaver.

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