Superorganism

• see also: Global Superorganism

History

Human Energy:

"The concept of a superorganism has an even deeper history. The term was first used by geologist and naturalist James Hutton in 1789, though in the context of geophysiology. Hutton was also one of the first scientists to glimpse some of the principles of natural selection, and influenced Charles Darwin’s later work. Hutton’s ideas about a geophysical superorganism influenced James Lovelock’s development of the Gaia Hypothesis. His co-developer of the Gaia Hypothesis, Lynn Margulis, is famous for her groundbreaking work on endosymbiosis, the evolution of a superorganism on a much smaller scale — the coming together of prokaryotes to form the first eukaryotic cells."

(https://www.humanenergy.io/science-of-the-noosphere-series/coevolution-of-humans-and-technology)