doesnt everything have self awareness?

[David_1]

   I have also wondered what self-awareness is.  Actually, I don’t know.  I try to think of an example of “Does it matter to me?”  We often make decisions in relations with others because of what we think they will think as a result.  I suspect a being who is not self-aware will not care what others think.
   For example a kitten or squirrel is content to frolic and play in their completely natural state without any consideration of whether or not to wear clothes.  It is a matter that is totally unimportant to them.  Self-aware people would definitely consider whether or not to go out in public without wearing any clothes.  To people, what others think matters.
   Concerning beavers, perhaps one difference is that second density knowledge is typically a shared knowledge of the collective.  Beavers know how to build dams, because that is a part of what beavers know.  Dam building benefits beavers.  I think in people our knowledge is more individualized.  I know very little of what you know.  Every person individually learns to read, and needs to be taught to read.  I think beavers know how to build dams, and don’t need to be taught, because dam building is a part of their collective knowledge.