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Sometimes, our preference for certitude, our need to define things with conviction, closes us off from possibility.
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A.I. can be a crutch that hurts our ability to think creatively.
Pollan, a science writer, spent five years trying to understand how consciousness worked. The more he learned, the weirder things got.
"Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a personal and technological level.