“A what
mind?” Ms Firnley inquires.
“Hive.”
“What on
earth is that supposed to mean?”
“All these
little heads,” Fox again gestures towards the children, “All
working together, all with a single purpose, not even conscious of
what they're doing.”
“What?”
“Like
adding more processors to a computer, to make it faster. Something
has a problem to solve, and it's using your class to solve it.”
“What do
you mean something?”
“You know,
something. The better question is how did they do it?”
“Well, how
did they do it?”
“I don't
know.”
“You don't
know?”
“No. The
internet, probably. Lately it seems the answer is always the
internet.”
