On Societies as Organisms

In the article "On Societies as Organisms", it mentionshow other organisms, when they join together they are able to create and communicate in a way that they have one mind. It doesn't surprise me because I have see a row of ants before and a beehive. I do agree that even though we are the most social of social animals, we still fail to collaborate as a team, to work as one, to accomplish a goal. Although there are many who participate it is never a goal everyone is part of. It saddens me to think that humans, with our capabilities, cannot perform as efficiently as organisms who are much smaller than us and not as bright. It is mentioned " perhaps, however, we are linked in circuits for the storage, processing, and retrievel of information, since this appears to be the most basic universal of all human enterprises. Which is somethign I also agree with, but it would be more reassuring that one day we would be able to collaborate as one