I Borg

The Star Trek: Next Generation episode "I Borg" uses an altered robot-like being, Hugh, to let us examine new questions about our own individuality. If our individuality was stripped from us, it would actually be worse than dying because we would have no ability to think for ourselves.  As individuals we should question what we have been told.  Hugh has it ingrained in him that "Resistance is futile," but he learns that resistance is not futile. It's always our choice to make, no one has the ability to make choices for us that we are unwilling to make. In fact, Hugh has the ultimate realization of self when he decides to sacrifice his freedom to save his new friends.