You might be into the Santiago Theory of Cognition, which is a way of understanding cognition as a material structurally determined process. It kind of unites physics, computation, and consciousness as outgrowths of dialectical materialsm on different scales of complexity.
@cushbomb on a recent stream you seemed concerned that your idea of processing power thresholds for systems becoming self-aware is too farfetched, but it's a relatively common stance in the computational philosophy of mind crowd https://t.co/1RjAz4uf0D
@cushbomb I think you're exploring philosophical concepts along a unique trajectory, but you keep hitting on stuff that's well supported or at least earnestly debated in other fields, so I think the model you're putting together is pretty sound.
This is how you generate congestion with the fewest number of people. Make short distances long, then claim people choose to drive, then design roads for the only choice people have and the congestion to widen roads, then call for more money to address the problems you created.