V. The beginnings of the mind
Hypothesis 19
The human mind
Shoeshine boys, Plaza de la Independencia, Quito, Ecuador, 1989
The individuals of the social group from hypothesis 18 are network-capable insofar as they can communicate and cooperate within a network.
After several generations, the descendants of the network-capable social group are also network-needy, inasmuch as they lose their courage to live without the encouragement and help of the group members and, therefore, cannot survive without the network.
The motivational impulse of the network members, which is necessary for the courage to live, is the bedrock of the human spirit. Like our animal relatives, we humans need our instinctive costumes to survive, and as networkers we also need the motivational impulses of the network participants.