i hardly believe in death at all

one day this feedback loop will end. one day these neurons will stop whispering to themselves a story of their own existence. the dance, the process, the performance will end, and nothing resembling a coherent Agent— a Self assembled from all these smaller entities— will be anywhere to be found. and yet the smaller entities will go on. the microbiome that sustained my brain will consume my nutrients, and i will play a new role in the larger organism. my parts, broken down, repackaged, re cycled, used to build other mechanisms, other minds, fr om fo rm to for m to form. holy. Get full access to Scientific Animism at newsletter.scientificanimism.org/subscribe