UBI + direct democracy may be the killer app for some societal ills. Don't underestimate the combination of the two to inspire a degree of social responsibility. The gambit has worked before in--believe

"Is there special content that doesn't create a shadow?" Knowledge of the shadow does not create shadow; it lessens it. This is the only critical feedback I have at this point for your responses.

You offer no explanation as to why consciousness creates shadow.

If "Becoming conscious only creates more shadow" were true, Jung would have been the creepiest man in history. I assure you, from studying his work for 25 years, he was not. In fact, he was one

Well said. But storytelling and narrative are also the prime means for information discourse in our culture. Hard to evolve this.

To be literal, neither can describe anything. This ties to my point. Why do humans have conscious reactions at all? Philosopher David Chalmers calls it the "Hard Problem."

The story goes that George Washington grew hemp. It was at one time the staple for rope making.