I think conflating emergent behaviour with life (let alone intelligence) as we had typically defined it, is unfortunate and obliterates a lot of nuance.

I’d much rather we let things burn more quickly - there’s nothing sacred about these companies and no reason to believe they should not be transient.

When you try to halt every small forest fire, like we have done since 2008, then uncontrolled destruction becomes inevitable.

You’re too emotionally and financially invested in the status quo to be an instrument of change.