Very interesting Andrew, I already follow you, so "no further action is needed" but I do find this subject fascinating. I'm curious as to the pragmatic implementation of the idea, but I have a brain teaser for you.
Can't remember where I heard this, but I suspect you will enjoy thinking about this too.
Imagine a boat that has been in service for 80 years. Naturally this boat has needed a lot of work to continue to be operational. Over the span of the decades almost every single piece of the boat has been swapped, replaced, improved.
Is it still the same boat?
If we are the result of information, if we evolve, if we replace our ideas for "better ones" - change our convictions even (possibly once in a lifetime at least) - Are we the same person? And if we are? How? Why?
Anyways...
Great read my friend. Glad you are back.
RE: Swarm Theory: A Practical Theory of Everything