The Singularity, Spiral Dynamics, and The Borg

NPR Radio is now giving airtime to The Singularity, something that futurists have been discussing for some time now. I found this out through a posting at Slashdot. The piece mentions that The Singularity will form out of a cooperative social system and compares this to Star Trek's Borg. What I find interesting is that this social model follows along with the progression outlined by Spiral Dynamics. The difference between the Borg and Spiral Dynamics' GREEN level is that we are or will be willing participants. I'm very amused by the fact that the Borg's spacecraft was cube shaped and each Borg inside had a small compartment where they accessed the ship's resources. I think it's not reaching too far to say that this is a metaphorical representation of the modern office environment. The ship is cube shaped and we sit in cubicles (very funny!). Then there is the fact that the Borg are in constant communication with the other Borg and central command system. Just look around at all the people on their cell phones and the store clerks or fast food workers wearing headsets (Check our Marshall Brain's e-novelette, Manna, for more about that). So, while Ken Wilber's Mean Green Meme (Boomeritis) may characterize Extreme-GREEN as neo-hippie Baby Boomers it may infact manifest itself as The Singularity.