If it's a coincidence that "individual" begins with a letter that's also a closely associated word, it's a happy one indeed. Individual and I are inseparable. "I" is the pronoun used to refer to oneself as the speaker, writer, thinker, or actor. Without exception, "I" is an individual, not a group or a collective of any sort.

This fact is worth endless celebration. For the profound truth it represents, we should be thankful every waking moment of our lives. I rejoice that I'm not a replica, an appendage, or a cog. Like each and every one of you reading this, I'm a completely specific, utterly unique, self-winding, and inner-motivated one-of-a-kind. No other human in our planet's history was or is exactly like me or precisely like you, either. I'm not someone's robot. I will resist efforts to program me or collectivize me into something I'm not. If ever you catch me trying to program or collectivize you, blow the whistle so I come to my senses.