Pretty much this, but I'd take it a step further. We are, collectively, only marginally more aware of our role in a larger system of observation and cognition/

Pretty much this, but I'd take it a step further. We are, collectively, only marginally more aware of our role in a larger system of observation and cognition/emergent behavior than a rod or cone in our retinas (or, more aptly, an extraocular muscle) is of its roles in our own individual visual system. We are, increasingly, sensor platforms for leviathan.