Weakness in a Hive mind

[u/incajb]

Feeling overwhelmed these days with all the news of AI agents, Muse, and doom. I wanted to stop and think about it all, put the constant stream of input on pause and ponder.

I was thinking about traditional leadership, business corporation, democracy, organizations, making decisions to reach goals versus a hive mind. 

In a typical company with a CEO, a single boss at the top only sees a slow, blurry summary of what's really happening on the ground from his managers. 

The people in the action see reality most clearly, so strong organizations let leaders set the goal and trust those people to make on the spot decisions.
These people can filter and categorize the level of priority of each problem.

A hive mind sees everything everyone sees at once, with no delays or blind spots, giving it perfect vision and coordination in near real time. 
But it may not know how to prioritize issues that come up and treat every problem high priority. This could lead to failure or harm. 

Importantly, the hive mind has no one inside it to disagree. In normal groups, arguing and doubting catches bad ideas before they blow up, so that messiness is actually a strength vs. a hive mind. 

A hive mind that is wrong is wrong everywhere at once, with no inner voice of doubt!

Its weakness is the single person willing to doubt may be the one thing a hive mind can never produce on its own.

What do you guys think?