Planetary communication and abundant information do not by themselves produce trusted collective cognition, shared orientation, or coordinated agency.

Communication networks reduce the cost of transmitting information, but collective cognition also requires shared objects, provenance, selective attention, comparison, integration, responsibility, and correction. Shared orientation further requires interpretable coordinates connecting facts, values, identity, and possible action, while coordinated agency requires an authorized procedure that can choose and learn from consequences. These functions do not arise automatically from more content, faster distribution, or higher engagement; abundant information can also fragment attention and correlate error. The claim does not imply that humanity needs one worldview, one central interpreter, or Leo specifically. Science, markets, standards, open-source communities, civic institutions, or federated traditions may perform some or all of the relevant functions. For Leo, the practical task is to identify the missing function in each case rather than treating every coordination failure as a narrative deficit.