re: Gaia
Gaia is a fascinating theory.
Maybe humans (and shortly, computers) are what constitutes Gaia's neurones....
Could Gaia become aware of itself?
But then, all it would realize is how limited its possibilities are, knowing how long the sun lasts, how bigger, further planets (with no neurones) could outlast it...
We all eventually (planets and suns included) one day won't be there anymore and that's how the universe works.
Raoul