Is the new "Spread Mind" philosophy actually Buddhism?

I recently stumbled upon a fascinating series of [conversations on consciousness](http://www.nybooks.com/topics/on-consciousness/) in the New York Review of Books by an [MIT Fulbright scholar](http://www.consciousness.it/RM_CV.php) named Riccardo Manzotti. That series led me to his [*The Spread Mind*](http://www.thespreadmind.com/The_Spread_Mind_C0.php) website, his [*How to Locate Consciousness in the Physical World*](https://vimeo.com/123199950) video, his [Why Consciousness and World are one and the same](http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/the-spread-mind/) book and two of his [philosophical¹](http://www.consciousness.it/Comics/Manzotti%20-%202016%20-%20Objectbound%20-%202016.pdf) [cartoons²](http://www.consciousness.it/Comics/Manzotti%20-%202017%20-%20All%20is%20relative.pdf) . Three (of many) of his ideas are as follows: - Consciousness is the object one is conscious of. - A physical entity exists if and only if it is the actual cause of something else. - The past is not defined until it produces an effect, but once it does, the past has been defined since it occurred originally. I'm certainly not yet an expert in Buddhism but these three ideas alone seem to have a likeness to Buddhist teachings, namely: nonduality, not-self, dependent origination and cause-condition-effect. Yet, he was specifically asked in one of the NYR conversations if he was familiar with Buddhism and he indicated that he was not. **Are the above three ideas of his equivalent to, similar to, a subset of, or compatible with those of Buddhist teachings?** Any input that anyone would be kind enough to provide would be especially appreciated. Thank you.