As concise and illuminating as Seven Brief Lessons in Physics and Astrophysics for Busy People, this enriching dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience.

What is consciousness? How does this happen? And why does it exist? We take for granted our experience of being in the world. But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? How can we think about this? And why should we do it?

In this wonderfully accessible book, Annaka Harris guides us through evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific discoveries that probe our limited understanding of consciousness. Where does it reside and what gives rise to it? Could this be an illusion, or a universal property of all matter? As we try to understand consciousness, we must ask how to define it and, in the age of artificial intelligence, who or what might possess it.

Conscious offers lively, thought-provoking arguments that shift our ideas about consciousness, allowing us to think about it freely for ourselves, if we can.

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