[MD] (MD] Collective intelligence

[Micah]

Ron,

When you sleep, do you have "collective dreams"? i.e. shared with many to form a whole? Are other people you? 

Micah




 
  
collective [ k? lktiv ] 


adjective  
 
Definition: 
  
1. shared by all: made or shared by everyone in a group

 
2. collected to form whole: collected together to form a whole or added up to form a total from different sources or groups

 
3. applying to many: applying to a number of individuals taken together
Staff training was the collective responsibility of the three personnel officers.



   
share [ sher ] 


verb  (past and past participle shared, present participle sharing, 3rd person present singular shares) 
 
Definition: 
  
1. transitive and intransitive verb use something along with others: to have or use something in common with other people
We shared an apartment.

 
2. transitive and intransitive verb take responsibility together: to take equal responsibility for something along with other people
We shared the blame.

 
3. transitive and intransitive verb let somebody use something: to allow somebody to use something or have part of something
I shared my ice cream with him.

 
4. transitive verb divide something equally between people: to allocate equal parts of something to different people or groups
She shared out the money among her six grandchildren.

 
5. transitive verb have similar feeling or experience: to have something the same as or in common with somebody else
He shared my view that the plan would not work.
 
 
 

DM,

That would be shared fantasies, not collective. Or do you not dream alone when you sleep?

Micah