Conscious

This book by Annaka Harris was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Matt Mullenweg. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, depression & mood, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

"What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for granted. But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? How are we able to think about this? And why should we? /In this wonderfully accessible book, Annaka Harris guides us through the evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousness. Where does it reside, and what gives rise to it? Could it be an illusion, or a universal property of all matter?

• “i'm going to plug two books here ... annika harris consciousness ... this book is a a fantastic kind of and brief”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “i'm going to plug two books here ... this book is a a fantastic kind of and brief ... very valuable”
  Matt Mullenweg · The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 202201:02:22

  Said during "Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg Get Personal in Antarctica". The episode features Matt Mullenweg: Co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress and founder/CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, and Pocket Casts. A longtime friend of Tim, distributed-work advocate, and avid photographer. Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg record from a tent on an Antarctic glacier, sharing personal reflections on grief, mortality, fear, and meaning.