Enshittification is hitting every part of society…

This is basic, but there are thousands of lectures, books, and papers on it, going back to the 80’s.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/think-well/201906/can-consciousness-exist-outside-the-brain

https://youtu.be/Ci2npsJIvFc?si=Vaf2Z9m6MLsbgMjR

Or anything with Donald Hoffman, which there is a ton.

Basically, our brain just handles our cognitive needs, and filters consciousness, which is a fundamental property of the universe. Think what you will, but this is a pretty popular theory in the past decade or so. Among physicists and neurologists alike…

Humans have a really, really hard time NOT assigning human attributes to every other living thing.

One thing that makes this hypothesis seem possible, is that some researchers are suggesting consciousness is external, and eternal. Meaning all living things are essentially antennae.