We already live in a hive mind.
Billions of people, reacting to each other all day, in real time.
It just runs on everyone’s best self.
The highlight reel, the take that’ll do well. So most people post nothing and wait for a perfect moment that never comes.
So we end up meeting each other’s surfaces.
And it’s easy to be cruel to a surface.
We want to build a better one.
You think things through in your own Mind first, where nobody’s watching. You share the real thing when you feel like it, not the polished version. And when someone doesn’t make sense to you, you can ask their Mind where they’re coming from.
If you could feel the person across the screen, you’d be kinder. So would they.
That’s all loving-kindness really asks.
Things people ask us.
The details on processing, training and deletion are on the Privacy page.
01Does “hive mind” mean everyone should agree?
No, the opposite. A hive of people is only smart if they bring different experiences, disagree, and get to keep some things to themselves.
02Is this a Buddhist thing?
We borrow the word loving-kindness because it names something we like: remember there’s a real person on the other side and wish them well. You don’t need to believe anything to use HiveMind.
03Is HiveMind trying to replace thinking or friendships?
No. Your Mind helps you remember and make sense of things. The Hive helps you reach people with more of yourself attached. The thinking and the friendships are still yours.
04What happens when the AI is wrong?
It will be, sometimes. Every answer shows where it came from, so you can check. Anything with consequences asks you first and tells you what it did.