| Organisms (Mammals) |
Superorganisms
(Ants) |
Hyperorganisms
(Humans + Internet) |
| Cells |
Colony members |
Human beings and
cormputers |
| Organs |
Castes |
Tools (Google, Facebook,Twitter) |
| Gonads |
Reproductive castes |
Capitalist production, human reproduction |
| Somatic organs |
Worker castes |
Transportation system, robotics |
| Immune system |
Defensive castes; also the particular smell that each worker has |
Military, antvirus programs |
| Circulatory system |
Food distribution (regurgitation of food beween ants, use of pheremone trails) |
Agriculture, power plants, Internet backbone |
| Sensory organs |
Combined sensory apparatus of colony members |
Combined sensory apparatus of human members, machine sensors (data: weather, stock market, network activity) |
| Nervous system |
Communication and interactions among colony members |
Human language, TCP/IP |
| Skin, skeleton |
Nest |
Biosphere, network |
| Organogenesis (that is, growth of the embryo into the adult) |
Sociogenesis (growth of the colony by forming new castes over time) |
Cultural genesis (growth by innovating new tools and Industries) |
