- Why we're so convinced that we're in charge when we're really just carrying out evolution's instructions.
- What taking a happy pill would feel like... it's not just a mild sedative.
- Why heroin might not be such a bad thing.
- Why our lives, as Buddha suggested, are inherently unsatisfactory, despite our luxurious homes, successful careers and loving families.
- How humans will one day take control of their conscious minds, get happy and stay happy.
These ponderings attempt to let themselves be appropriated by the event. (Beiträge zur Philosophie (Vom Ereignis), Martin Heidegger, 1936–38/1989)
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Conscious Robots: If We Really Had Free Will, What Would We Do All Day? (Paul Kwatz, Peacock's Tail Publishing, 2013)
107 minutes to change the way you think about everything. 150 years since Darwin, 75 years since we understood DNA... and we still can't face up to the reality of being human. In Conscious Robots, you will discover: