The same point about anomalous independence would apply to individuals or to this superorganism, assuming the latter would deem itself more deserving of life than all other species on the planet. The anomaly is the pride in this freedom and in the craving for more of it, more opportunities for artificial self-expression.

You can define "nature" as broadly as you like. The question remains whether species that find equilibrium in a limited niche are like potentially self-destructive species, such as viruses or humans that don't respect such boundaries. As I've argued elsewhere, if planets and stars form the natural order, black holes are relatively unnatural or anomalous, and that distinction is like the one between animals and people. Animals are more stable than people because animals are slaves whereas people are free.