Mr. Tines wrote:A source of confusion to many.
I just read through this....and it seems to have absolutely nothing to do with what "Instrumentality" actually was, as described in the wiki
It says that "Human Instrumentality Project" is just a term Anno liked from a book by Cordwainer Smith....but he made it a point to say he just liked the way the name sounded, and had nothing to do with the plot of Smith's book.
It seems to me that you're dragging in a lot of extraneous "transhuman theory" crud that actually isn't remotely related to the series.