I thoroughly enjoyed this article, it's truly excellent food for thought. I'm confident I think about such things far more often than the average person, but your article pushes me to quantify that statement and focus more on a systematic way to improve my thinking process. Thankfully my sense of curiosity fuels much of what drives me to think about deeper subjects like "time", reality and the purpose of my life's energies.

Should society have collective goals, or does that idea conflict with anarchy and individual free will? Would grand scale projects like exploring space, building a nation's highways, national parks etc happen? Can enough funds be raised and interest in such things be obtained from a large enough segment of the population?

Statists feel like such projects dictate the need for an authoritative state. I completely disagree, as the The State cannot exist without violating the NAP. Such grandiose projects could happen, if people can get organized and take responsibility and the actions required. It's a matter of persuading enough people there is value in such projects.

If the "collective consciousness" realizes the value of such things, leadership to organize and make things happen will be an emergent property of that collective consciousness, which is just a way of labeling the aggregate consciousness of a group of individuals. The freedom of individuals to join or reject participation in big projects do not prohibit them. It's a matter of raising the collective consciousness (persuading enough individuals) of the value and benefits of the project and once that is accomplished nothing can stop the project from happening (Nothing can stop an idea who's time has come).