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Book Recommendation: A World Appears by Michael Pollan
What do we actually understand about human consciousness today? This piece reviews Michael Pollan’s latest work, A World Appears, a wide-ranging exploration of consciousness across neuroscience, biology, philosophy, and AI.
Book Recommendation: This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
Would you like coffee or tea? Before you decide, I recommend you read on. This is Your Mind on Plants is another Michael Pollan book that makes for a compelling read. As promised by the title, this book takes a deep dive into three plant-derived molecules and their impacts on people: opium, caffeine, and mescaline.
Book Recommendation: How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
As a scientist, I greatly enjoyed Pollan’s explorations of the neurobiology and evolutionary history of psychedelics in his 2018 book How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. Check out this blog to find out why I found this to be a compelling read.