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Turns out Chalmers went on to become a leading disrupter in consciousness research.
Sarah Wilson • first, we make the beast beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety
The structure of modern consciousness rests on this integration, and at each period of its development the ego has to absorb essential portions of the cultural past transmitted to it by the canon of values embodied in its own culture and system of education.
Erich Neumann • The Origins and History of Consciousness (Princeton Classics Book 9)
Gary B. Walls • Just a moment...
You are inquisitive, prospective, and exploratory. And to understand you, we need to know the personal constructs through which you interpret objects, events, other people, and yourself.
Brian R. Little • Who Are You, Really?: The Surprising Puzzle of Personality (TED Books)
For McLuhan this was prerequisite to the creation of global consciousness—global knowing. “Today,” he wrote, “we have extended our central nervous systems in a global embrace, abolishing both space and time as far as our planet is concerned. Rapidly, we approach the final phase of the extensions of man—the technological simulation of consciousness,
... See moreJames Gleick • The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
There are two halves to a thinker. One is about the intention behind the mind: it covers the life you cultivate, your mental composition, the discipline of your attention, and your capacity for wonder, excitement, and creation. This is honest work that is immune to shortcuts. The other half is the expressive outlet: learning the theories of civiliz
... See moreYears ago, it had occurred to me that Darwin and Nietzsche agreed on one thing: the defining characteristic of the organism is striving. Describing life otherwise was like painting a tiger