I recently read Lee Smolin’s Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution in preparation for my conversation with him for my audio series. I was so moved by the epilogue, I posted this inspiring excerpt to share with everyone. Enjoy!
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On the Emergence of Consciousness
If we want to explain consciousness as an emergent phenomenon, we have to think carefully about what this means…
A Mountain Is Only A Slow Wave
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.
Something Rather Than Nothing
If the fundamental nature of reality is timeless (spacetime is not fundamental), everything simply IS. Without a past or a future in the way we typically think of it, any glimpse of “something” is evidence that there is, and therefore always “has been,” something…
My Interview With Rich Roll
The Rich Roll Podcast, #460
Rich raised some of the most challenging (and exciting!) questions about consciousness, and I really appreciated the opportunity to have this long-form conversation with him.