
Then I Am Myself the World
What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Todd Ross
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By:
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Christof Koch
The world's leading investigator of consciousness argues that by understanding what consciousness does—cause change in the world—we can understand its origins and its future
In Then I Am Myself the World, Christof Koch explores the only thing we directly experience: consciousness. At the book's heart is integrated-information theory, the idea that the essence of consciousness is the ability to exert causal power over itself, to be an agent of change. Koch investigates the physical origins of consciousness in the brain and how this knowledge can be used to measure consciousness in natural and artificial systems.
Enabled by such tools, Koch reveals when and where consciousness exists, and uses that knowledge to confront major social and scientific questions: When does a fetus first become self-aware? Can psychedelic and mystical experiences transform lives? What happens to consciousness in near-death experiences? Why will generative AI ultimately be able to do the very thing we can do, yet never feel any of it? And do our experiences reveal a single, objective reality?
This is an essential book for anyone who seeks to understand ourselves and the future we are creating.
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Simply a must read!
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Fascinating Overview of Integrated Information Theory
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I highly recommended for anyone who enjoys philosophy and those who are curious about our existence, comprehension and the future.
Great book!
One of the best books on neuroscience- not for casual readers
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Nothing new
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The psychedelic aspect, which I read about in an article, wasn't at the depth I'd hoped
It's great info all around and a weird mix of pretty solid and complex thought with these weirdly basic not that fitting examples and metaphors
Sadly I think chatGPT could come up with better examples though not conscious. And sadly unlike ChatGPT 😹 I couldn't ask for less dumbed down examples and metaphors.
If I had time I could detail the specifics of what I didn't like but I don't. I appreciate the good info it's just not enough...trying to say something but circling the thing that needs to be said frequently. It's like an almost good thing. Wouldn't recommend but I did stick it out to the end.
Superficial but interesting
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