EVOLUTION AND HUMAN DESTINY 



can it be possible than human beings are to some ex- 

 tent aware of their functions and of the existence of 

 society? How can an individual in the developing so- 

 cietal organism, as he is per analogy essentially a cell 

 of that organism, possibly be aware of the larger en- 

 tity? The answer to this apparent paradox lies in the 

 fact that while the parallel between the societal organ- 

 ism and the multicellular organism has validity in 

 terms of overall interpretation, it must nevertheless 

 not be carried too far. There are very important dif- 

 ferences. 



It must be kept in mind, that the integration of mul- 

 ticellular animals to form a societal organism takes 

 place on a level which is higher, by an order of mag- 

 nitude, than the level on which the integration of cells 

 forming a multicellular organism takes place. One 

 would expect such a difference of level, as the initial 

 difference of complexity of the participating indi- 

 viduals, cells on one hand, complex metazoa on the 

 other, is in itself a difference of similar magnitude. On 

 the basis of such considerations, one can expect the 

 fully developed societal organism to be as superior in 

 effectiveness in respect to its components prior to in- 

 tegration (one of the higher animals) , as a multicel- 

 lular animal is in respect to a protozoa. 



Consequently the prediction that future man will be 

 a cell-like creature within the societal organism is not 

 a warranted conclusion. Such an interpretation would 



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