At beginning "god said let there be light" or there always existed physical property of matter and energy.
light (physics/law of science)
hydrogen
sun
other atoms
molecules (chemistry)
planets
virus (gene, asexual reproduction)
bacteria (female X gene)
bacteria (same sex reproduction, female XXgene)
male (defective female Y gene, sex help hasten evolution)
plants
higher order animals
groups (low level social/communication)
HUMAN (communication)
family
tribe (speech)
country (writing)
world society (telecom)
computer
As evolution took place, higher order things were created. I guess country is becoming like one entity with humans as being a cell of country's body. Country at war are sort of like survival of fittest. I guess world conscios is forming, UN/geneva convention etc.
With distributed processing, it seems computer consciousness will be inevitable soon or later.