A single-celled organism
3.7 billion years ago, deep in the bowels of a single-celled organism living in a sludgy swamp somewhere in the world, consciousness was born. The details are hazy. We do not know of the species of amoeba that stumbled upon this incredibly important tool. We do not know of the circumstances that led to its realisation of the existence of the self, the other, and the environment. What we do know is that this enormously useful tool, buried deep in the effervescent activity of our ever-firing neuron cells has become the hallmark of our species, giving rise to nations, governments, religions, and cultures that have been the reason for our survival across epochs. Hi. It’s been a while. I hope you are happy and healthy. I hope that your mind, your heart, and your soul are an ecosystem of ideas, emotions, and perspectives that move you to be better for yourself and for those around you. It has been slightly more than 16 months since I wrote something. 16 months of diffi...
