Gaia collective consciousness

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Gaia collective consciousness is a planet-wide sentient entity in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation universe, formed from the unified minds of all living and non-living components of the planet Gaia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gaia collective consciousness canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional collective consciousness ⓘ
fictional cosmic entity ⓘ
fictional telepathic group mind ⓘ
sentient planet ⓘ
compositionIncludes all living beings on Gaia ⓘ
all non-living matter on Gaia ⓘ
contrastedWith individual human consciousness ⓘ
psychohistory-based governance ⓘ
creator Isaac Asimov ⓘ
ethicalOrientation collectivist ⓘ
utilitarian at galactic scale ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Foundation universe ⓘ
firstAppearanceInWork Foundation's Edge ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1982 ⓘ
goal guiding the future of the Galaxy ⓘ
preservation of overall planetary harmony ⓘ
hasAbility to communicate directly mind-to-mind ⓘ
to sense events anywhere on Gaia ⓘ
to subtly manipulate physical processes via its components ⓘ
hasMember Blissenobiarella (Bliss) ⓘ
linked to: Blissenobiarella

animal life on Gaia ⓘ
human inhabitants of Gaia ⓘ
inorganic matter of Gaia ⓘ
plant life on Gaia ⓘ
hasProperty can access memories of its components ⓘ
can coordinate actions planet-wide ⓘ
can influence individual minds on Gaia ⓘ
can share thoughts among all components ⓘ
collective intelligence ⓘ
hive-mind-like structure ⓘ
panpsychic ⓘ
planet-wide mind ⓘ
sentient ⓘ
telepathic ⓘ
influencesCharacter Blissenobiarella (Bliss) ⓘ
linked to: Blissenobiarella

Golan Trevize ⓘ
Janov Pelorat ⓘ
influencesDecisionOf Golan Trevize regarding the future of the Galaxy ⓘ
inspiredByConcept Gaia hypothesis (real-world ecological theory) ⓘ
linked to: Gaia hypothesis
inStoryRole alternative solution to the Seldon Plan ⓘ
philosophical challenge to individualism ⓘ
locatedInGalaxy Milky Way (Foundation continuity) ⓘ
narrativeFunction to explore the idea of a galaxy-spanning group mind ⓘ
opposedTo Second Foundation's centralized control model ⓘ
planet Gaia ⓘ
proposedEvolutionInto Galaxia ⓘ
relatedConcept Galaxia ⓘ
relatedWork Foundation and Earth ⓘ

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Golan Trevize → alliesWith → Gaia collective consciousness ⓘ