I'll add "All About SCOBYs" to my future posting list :) Regarding microbes, if we can collectively understand that "we" are a collection of microbes this will change in the west. When I learned about how integral our microbiome is to our health, I stopped thinking about them as separate than myself, and incorporated them into my concept of "self". This was a major paradigm shift in how I view both myself and others. The earth is not earth without all the living things, and they belong to the collective definition of earth, much like the microbes inside belong to our collective definition of self. Going a step further, we are not just of the earth, we are part of the earth herself. Blessings Nate.