Last week, I put everything on hold to help craft the script for Sam’s recent podcast on Making Sense. I hope everyone will listen with an open mind. Click here to listen on YouTube Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts Click here to read the transcript ..read more

I gave a talk on September 8, 2023 in NY at a conference organized by Philip Goff and Andrei Buckareff on the topic of “treating consciousness as fundamental.” It was a fascinating and exciting gathering, and I was honored to present alongside so many brilliant scientists and philosophers—Lee Smolin, Don Hoffman, Luke Roelofs, and Hedda Hassel Morch were among them, along with a fun public debate the first evening between Philip Goff and Sean Carroll. Click here to watch the video of my talk, “Is Consciousness Fundamental ..read more

Our intuitions have been shaped by natural selection to quickly provide life-saving information, and these evolved intuitions can still serve us in modern life… But our guts can deceive us as well, and “false intuitions” can arise in any number of ways, especially in domains of understanding — like science and philosophy — that evolution could never have foreseen. Click here to continue reading my article in IAI Magazine, “Consciousness May Not Require a Brain ..read more

If we want to explain consciousness as an emergent phenomenon, we have to think carefully about what this means… Continue Reading ..read more

Today’s release on The Best of Making Sense feed: “#159 CONSCIOUS. Sam speaks with his wife, Annaka Harris, about her book, CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind.” Click here to listen to the interview ..read more

My new guided meditation series is now available to all on my website. Click here to listen ..read more

Metta for Everyone I struggled with Metta practice for years, but through my work teaching children, I found a new way to approach my own practice. I hope this series helps others connect to the transformative exercise of cultivating compassion. Click here to listen to “Metta for Everyone ..read more

I wrote an introduction for Judith Stenneken’s new photography book A Mountain is Only a Slow Wave. Judith undertakes parallel investigations into time and consciousness through her photographic work, and I hope my piece on impermanence serves to enhance the power of her images. Click the link below to read a preview of the essay and learn more about Judith’s beautiful and interesting project. Click here to read the essay ..read more

Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #326 Click here to see the interview ..read more

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