What If... (continued)

What happened after the human species discovered that they had an existence outside of the group was that the group mind that had been the only way of thinking up to that time became obsolete, because motivation was no longer determined by the group, but was now being determined by the individual. Unfortunately, the telepathic link survived the birth of individual thought, and was soon being used by some humans to control, by threats and actual interference with the nerves that govern motor response, humans whose ability to transmit bioelectrical energy via eye contact made them a valuable commodity, which is how they were and still are being treated.