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The books, papers, podcasts, and videos the room kept pointing each other towards across eight months of deep dives. Grouped by format, tagged with the session they belonged to.
14 curated resources
Book · 4
Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
shared by Participant JPanpsychism & AIRequired reading for Deep Dive #1 on Panpsychism
amazon.com
Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human Nature
shared by Participant JPanpsychism & AIFederico Faggin - inventor of microprocessor turned consciousness researcher
amazon.com
Blindsight
shared by Participant JP-Zombies & BlindsightRequired reading for Deep Dive #6 on P-Zombies - 350 pages of hard sci-fi philosophy
amazon.com
The Twenty-One Second God
shared by Participant EP-Zombies & BlindsightShort story by Peter Watts - consciousness is hackable
amazon.com
Paper · 4
Quantum Coherence in Microtubules
shared by Participant JQuantum ConsciousnessFoundation paper for Orch-OR theory
arxiv.org
Anthropic Paper on AI Understanding
shared by Participant JThe Illusion of ThinkingDropped right after Deep Dive #4 - fits the topic closely
arxiv.org
Assembly Theory: New Perspective on Complexity
shared by Participant JEmergent Mind & The NoosphereLee Cronin's Assembly Theory - time emerges from memory
arxiv.org
Subliminal Learning - Anthropic Alignment
shared by Participant EThe Illusion of ThinkingAI alignment research relevant to understanding question
anthropic.com
Article · 3
Lights On - New Audiobook by Annaka Harris
shared by Participant EPanpsychism & AIFollow-up to her book Consciousness - on the reading list
annakaharris.com
Sam Harris Has Nothing Useful to Say About Free Will
shared by Participant JBelief, Free Will, Agency & Goal-SettingCounter-perspective to Harris for Free Will debate
substack.com
The Single Most Amazing Fact About the Universe
shared by Participant JWhy physics works at all - counter-point discussion
bigthink.com