Also Blindsight

no, that's ghosts.

Scientists thought the spines were legs when it was first discovered, so you're not alone in thinking that!

I would prefer to take on the "feminine " role. I feel nothing like a man.

I can't tell you anything about yourself, but I think you should investigate this feeling further. Personally, my dislike of being tall made more sense to me when I realized I'm not a man.

It bothered me at first, but I interpreted it as part of the larger theme of the main character having difficulty truly accepting the people as genderless

Really not good, maybe a 2 or 3. I'm not in debt or physically ill or anything but other than that I'm really struggling.

My life feels like it hasn't really started yet, but I'm in my late 20s already. Never been in a real relationship, never done anything meaningful in my life, I've always had friends but never really been close with anyone. I'm going back and forth between being intensely exhausted by work and just getting through the week, and then being really depressed and just trying to get through the weekend.

I feel like I've already missed out on so much of life, (living with extreme anxiety, living as the wrong gender, etc has kept me from most meaningful milestones in life) and I don't want to miss the rest of it, but I feel like that's what I'm doing every day. Part of me still believes that I can still do great things, and that I can love and be loved, but I'm too afraid and in too much pain to really change anything.

Well, that's the simplest explanation.

I found this one interesting but oddly sad to listen to. It can be hard sometimes to listen to a bunch of accomplished, passionate people happily talking about doing what they love

Well, I wasn't meaning to make the claim that the worst natural fiber is environmentally better than the best animal fiber. I definitely think sustainably farmed natural fibers are still better than using animals, although I am not an expert on the subject. Also not denying that wool clearly is a pretty good material in some ways.

Really, I'm coming at this from an ethical persplective - I don't think we should have livestock at all, and I don't think we should continue to breed domesticated sheep. Also, are they just being sheared, or also killed? (including the children)

And from a land use perspective, it could either be completely natural environment, or usable human space

I think that this sort of thing is way way better than the status quo, but it isn't quite what I would consider utopia

Or the panels could be on existing structures instead of taking up addional space, and we could get our fibers and food from plant sources instead of exploiting animals.

Although this is infinitely better than coal and factory farms.