It’s funny I thought the same thing when I read the title of the earlier post of the day.
I have the most obtuse titles :D
Have you watched "The last of Us" - I think it explores some of this phenomena through some kind of fungus. It is like building collective knowledge through networks we don't yet understand well.
I would get frustrated playing and spend too much time on it which was not conducive to what I wanted.
This is me at the moment. If I had more land, I might just stake cards and have a break.