schopehauer: a man can do as he will, but not will as he will
channel rodipsin
hard determinism: time as having direction is an illusion. Past and present
is a given

eukaryotes, procariotyes, archeans
procaryotes: bacteria, no nucleus, existed for 1bln years before eukaryotes
appeared

staying together to promote replication of identical organisms: path to
multicellularity

perception gradient

degree of agency
c. elegans
bilateria

internal representation of the world
long range senses: hearing and vision allowed for planning and required
memory

tectum

body self-awareness is necessary for orienting in the world

synaptic plasticity is core for making memories, modulated by awareness,
focus, arousal ...

striatum

neurons respond not to individual firing of neighbors but to the frequency
coarsening info

character vs. personality traits

metacognition

representation of self as a part of the internal map of the world

cognitive depth: number of levels of abstraction between receptors and
actuators

top-down causation

cognitive control causes in time by biasing immediate lower level actions

general AI needs an actuator, not just passive processing of information,
	to test hypothesis, reasons for development a.i. meaning