Calling consciousness an "entropic engine" points to something psychologically obvious: selfhood costs energy. Maintaining a stable "me" model across time, contexts, and internal contradictions ...

There are two V's that should be part of any close personal relationship that you have, whether it is romantic or platonic.

Pluribus episode 8, titled “Charm Offensive,” gets to the heart of this question, as hivemind emissary Zosia (Karolina Wydra) ...