BORG from Star Trek.

Kevin Martin was a Borg, his name was Hue.

My personal view is they are vile. No one ought to be forced into a Collective Mind. Individuality, despite our flaws, makes us great.

People make and define communities first of all.

Communities do not make and define people.

People build them up, not the other way around.

The BORG is the worst horror possible. Imagine being conquered and assimilated to become part of a collective entity whose sole purpose is to conquer and assimiliate others and you have no ability to stop the madness or change your fate. It's like becoming a part of a force of evil destruction.

A collective hive mind would be cool if you could connect or disconnect at will. I suspect ETs have such a society.

I agree one hundred percent. That is the BORG right there.

Excellent summary.

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And if it were non-hierarchical

we'll all be borgs soon enough

Imagine how effortless learning would be if you could directly benefit from the memories and experience of other members of the collective.

All the ugly members of the collective could have sex vicariously thru the hottie Borgs

If we don't invent and promote a positive vision of the social collective then we will be assimilated by the worst possible Borg type hierarchical collective IMO.

This is an important discussion for humanity

I guess most people here watch the wrong television shows

Green movement = The Borg

It would be very useful to share lessons in a Collective. Just not losing our own selves into said Collective.

Would it mean I can get 7 of 9?

But what if the Borg were going to win, don't wanna be on a team of losers. yeah playing devil's advocate, because the Borg I think are very similar to a certain group that I won't call out, who have bought into the technological and materialistic seductiveness of this life. But most assuredly, the thought of being part of a super race with one collective mind, not being alone, that's a very enticing concept, to me at least.

This concept of the Borg on Star Trek, was one of your Adversary's best played tricks, from my perspective.........he took a very wonderful concept, and turned it into a FORCED robotic zombie like state!

Was it affective?

Well it certainly scared a lot of people out there into NEVER considering that a collective consciousness might be God's way of communicating with His Creations!

The point of the exercise was to scare you all into NOT expanding your minds!!!

Did it work?

Borg? Sounds Swedish ...

;-)

That is exactly what made them the scariest nemesis. Losing our identity to become drones of evil was a great concept.

Yes yes yes! That is a quote from "Star Trek: First Contact" !

A glimpse of Trans-humanism?

Species 180 Ferengi

We don't know why Fer-enki are categorized so early in Borg history (as opposed to humans, Vulcans and other Alpha Quadrant species with ordinal numbers in the thousands, e.g. Species 5618 Humans).

Species 180 -- the Borg get infiltrated.

I hate the Borg. But I find your post, could be describing the US since 2008.

Oborgma!

Foe some odd reason, I love the Ferengi. Even though they are irritating as hell.

Man, you are really up on your Star Trek history....:)

Did Star Trek ever explain the Borg origins, the backstory? Did it all start with some out-of-control A.I. computer or maybe some crazy robots/cyborgs who revolted against their creators?

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A people can be united in a common goal while still maintaining their individuality. Say a group of people are united for a positive healthy goal. These people need not give up themselves for the group.

People can have their own beliefs and even disagree. Disagreement actually can make a group stronger. As long as the disagreeing does not rip the group apart.

This for you RUXA: Disagreement is NOT dissent as I was told by a certain CMA :P

Disagreement getting out of control is the issue and not disagreement in and of itself.

I am Locutus of Borg.

Dear Megalomaniac Leader of the BORG:

Resistance is never futile. We will not be assimilated. That is all.

I as one of Species 8472 say: "Borg Suck!"

Dang . I love The Star Trek series.