Forget consciousness. We don't care. Our institutions don't care. Do I much bother that my cheese-burger with bacon necessitates the 'processing' of two mammals with 1lb brains each with 20 billion neurons? That the cheese requires fermented lactation involving stealing away the offspring? I just want my apex predator protein. Technology and industry exist to funnel more credits onto the balance sheets of the ambitious. Boss takes all no matter the lesser consciousness snu...