But hey, maybe that's the eternal struggle of being human. Maybe we die on this hill, and keep agency from drifting upward beyond our scale. Also, that likely

But hey, maybe that's the eternal struggle of being human. Maybe we die on this hill, and keep agency from drifting upward beyond our scale. Also, that likely means an alien civilization that DIDN'T resist entropy will eventually come along and run circles around us, in some form...! If there's an analogy in nature (and I'll admit I've thought often about this), it's probably the slime mold[1]. It's an aggregate of single-celled organisms that managed to preserve their individuality much more than most other multi-cellular organisms. But the contrast in capabilities between slime molds and traditional multi-cellular organisms (bees! insects! us!) is pretty vast. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mold#/media/File:Fuligo_septica_bl1.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mold#/media/File:Fuligo_...