The predictability of this system that I occupy—this specific system of roads, vehicles, practices, laws, and many other factors that through a combination of past design, engineering, and present behavior takes me from place to place—the predictability of that system determines just how much focused attention is required of me, and how safe it is for me to divert attention elsewhere. This degree of predictability also determines just how much embodiment is warranted (the degree to which awareness & behavior is informed by present sensory experience). This degree of predictability perhaps determines how useful conscious memory is in navigating that system. Driving my car on this particular road proves, most of the time, to be extremely predictable. Thus, being a diffuse and disembodied field of attention isn’t necessarily going to be catastrophic. I really only need to be somewhat there in order to arrive safely 99% of the time.