Occasionally, I am still amazed at the quality of video essays around to watch for free... I recall when I was 15 years old, I once wrote an essay for ethics class on whether living as a brain in a vat would be a good life, or not... it's wild that now there's a whole SV religion around hey we should all aspire to be this instead of.. trapped in our flesh suits all in pursuit of becoming more like machines "alive" in hyperreal simulations. https://youtu.be/4SSxfa3da58?si=3nhEc278_2LRHdh9