“No-thing” and “every-thing” are nearly the same under the Free Energy Principle (FEP). “Some-thing” only exists when connections between the components are sparse. All things, objects and agents alike, are based on sparse connectivity. In an “all-to-all” connectivity design, the structure collapses and every-thing becomes no-thing.

Below is one of the texts highlighting the importance of sparse connectivity - by Maxwell Ramstead.