Very interesting analogy, I am skeptic about the definition you apply of life; I would rather say it as a very nice imitation of a life-form.

Agree on the importance of everything else, we need to understand how to design and engineer proper token-based systems to make them augmented layers of our capacity to manage planets, which we have been very bad on that but we haven't lost the hope.

Failing forward to reach a sustainable, prosperous and peaceful world.

Thanks for the article, it was an easy reading that triggers better understanding. I will share it with non-tech audience.