After the Union absorbed humanity into a peaceful hive mind with perfect shared memory
- After the Union absorbed humanity into a peaceful hive mind with perfect shared memory, they discovered their most fascinating subject: a human whose brain stores five contradictory versions of the same event, and believes all of them simultaneously. Scientists of the collective study him around the clock, baffled by how one organism can gaslight itself. He remains comfortable in his glass enclosure, unaware he's no longer a world leader but their most-watched documentary on cognitive dissonance.
