NYTIMES (Melissa Kirsch) - Natural Selection
Sometimes, our preference for certitude, our need to define things with conviction, closes us off from possibility.
NYTIMES (Rebecca Winthrop) - Writing Is Fundamental to How We Think
A.I. can be a crutch that hurts our ability to think creatively.
AMERICANTHINKER - Looking backward and forward at once
There are salient moments in one’s life in which one is suddenly struck by recent changes.
AMERICANTHINKER - Thought processes for a resilient country
We learn from history — most notably how to think.
NYTIMES (Ezra Klein and Kristin Lin) - Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness
Pollan, a science writer, spent five years trying to understand how consciousness worked. The more he learned, the weirder things got.
NPR (Terry Gross) - Michael Pollan says AI may 'think' — but it will never be conscious
"Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a personal and technological level.
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness.'/Open