AKA Trees Are People Too
Lake Erie is now a person. "Environmental entity" to be specific. This is not the first time something like this has happened. There's also a river in New Zealand. The Amazon River as well.
It's interesting to see this happen as we approach a time when inanimate robots and synthetic biology alike are questioning our definitions of life, sentience and morality towards the "other".
Also, let's not forget that in Japan, Shintoism/Animism reveres all things, even mountains, as having a spirit. Even words have a spirit; What does that even mean!
Notes:
Ohio city votes to give Lake Erie personhood status over algae blooms
Feb 2019, The Guardian
Environmental Personhood
The Uncanny Valley
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