At the end, where they discuss the value of the existential dread of death and how that motivates us and may one day need to motivate AI, made me wonder whether consciousness goes through that in the reverse to be born a human. <br><br>Could donning a space time headset be a mammoth decision, like a death to a portion of Conscious Being (hense the number of "nuh! cant do it!" miscarrages and early deaths) knowing all the wonders of immortality its vast community of loved ones would be deathly forgotten during a human life 'time'. If so what a brave sacrifice to attempt to bring creative freedom into every dimension.