there is some pretty good sci-fi about intelligent octopuses[1], one of the coolest ideas is how a society might evolve in a way that reflects the animal's nerv

there is some pretty good sci-fi about intelligent octopuses[1], one of the coolest ideas is how a society might evolve in a way that reflects the animal's nervous system, i.e. more of a distributed thing than our centralized one. (Though one should put in the time to also read the novel of which this is a sequel, which is about intelligent spiders, and is also pretty nice.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Tchaikovsky#Children_of_Ruin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Tchaikovsky#Children_of...