Who wants me?

  Is life just to live in or become in? Or just have more than him?   The concept of whether a group's "naturalness" is the new individual, and the comparison of a group to waves on a river, touches on deep sociological and philosophical themes regarding collective identity:

1. The Group as the "New Individual."

In modern sociology and digital culture, there is a growing shift in which the collective (the "group") functions with the agency and singular focus traditionally attributed to an individual.

• Collective Identity: In this view, the "naturalness" of a group refers to how seamlessly individuals merge into a single entity. Like an organism made of many cells, the group develops its own "personality," values, and direction that can override the traits of an individual.

• The "New Individual": This suggests that in a hyper-connected world, the most influential "actors" are no longer lone individuals, but cohesive groups (online communities, movements, or subcultures) that move and think as one.

2. The Group as Waves on a River

The metaphor of a group being like "waves on a river" is a powerful way to describe the relationship between the whole and its parts:

• Fluidity and Continuity: Just as a river is made of water but defined by its flow, a group is made of individuals but defined by its collective movement. The "waves" represent the temporary rise and fall of specific trends or leaders within the group.

• The Individual vs. the Flow: A wave cannot exist without the river, and it is indistinguishable from the water around it once it settles. Similarly, this metaphor suggests that individuals are temporary expressions of a larger, continuous social "current."

• Naturalness: The "naturalness" comes from the fact that no one person "commands" the wave to form; it is a natural result of the environment, the depth, and the speed of the current—much like how social movements or cultural shifts emerge naturally from the conditions of society.

Summary

If life is seen as "becoming," then the group might be the ultimate form of that evolution—where individuals evolve into a collective "wave" that has more power and presence than any one person ("having more than him"). In this framework, the individual doesn't disappear; they simply become part of a larger, more natural flow.