@randahl This is how Elon's stumbling answer about "collective consciousness" struck me.
Just as 30-40 trillion cells all come together to create one human being, several billion people also can come together to create one "Earth-entity". Of course there are different kinds of cells: skin cells, blood cells, brain cells, etc.
He loves the idea of considering himself a brain cell because the brain controls the body. He thinks he should do the "thinking" for us.
He strives to answer non-arrogantly