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Journey of the Mind
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  • Published: 8 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593613511
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

Journey of the Mind

How Thinking Emerged from Chaos

  • Ogi Ogas,Sai Gaddam
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Two neuroscientists trace a sweeping new vision of consciousness across eighteen increasingly intelligent minds, from microbes to humankind and beyond.

Why do minds exist? How did mud and stone develop into beings that can experience longing, regret, love, and compassion—beings that are aware of their own experience? Until recently, science offered few answers to these existential questions. Journey of the Mind is the first book to offer a unified account of the mind that explains how consciousness, language, the Self, and civilization emerged incrementally out of chaos.
 
The journey begins three billion years ago with the emergence of the simplest possible mind, a nanoscopic archeon, then ascends through amoebas, worms, frogs, birds, monkeys, and AI, examining successively smarter ways of thinking. The authors explain the mathematical principles generating conscious experience and show, through vivid illustrations and accessible prose, how these principles led cities and democratic nations to develop new forms of consciousness—the self-aware “superminds.” Journey of the Mind concludes by contemplating a higher stage of consciousness already emerging—and the ultimate fate of all minds in the universe.

*Includes a downloadable PDF of illustrations from the book
  • Published: 8 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593613511
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00
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Praise for Journey of the Mind

"What Sapiens did for our understanding of the evolution of the human race, Journey of The Mind has done for the evolution of complex thought and consciousness itself." - Annie Duke, author of How to Decide

"Every page of Journey of the Mind is packed with fascinating insight. This is a brilliant book that will change the way you think aboutthinking." - David Epstein, author of Range and The Sports Gene

"[A] masterpiece….This is the book I would take with me if I was stranded on a desert island." - Barbara Oakley, author of A Mind for Numbers

"Enthralling….[It] reveals simple truths that demystify consciousness without detracting from its majesty: the dénouement is no less than three laws of consciousness." - Karl Friston, University College London

"Journey of the Mind explains a lot about the brain and its evolution in plain, accessible language without the technical abbreviations that make most neuroscience reading so unpleasant.…A daring book and an absorbing read." - Peter Sterling, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

"An engaging and surprisingly accessible account of matter’s journey to mind…[D]eceptively simple and scientifically grounded." - Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human

"In an intellectual tour de force they offer an imaginative tale of who we are and how we came to be that will keep you reading into the wee hours until the last page." - Jeffrey Lieberman, author of Shrinks

"[S]tunning in its range and reach….Whether or not you agree with their views, you will be led to think about the material in interesting ways and...appreciate the marvelous power, complexity, and beauty of the mind." - Stephen Kosslyn, Dean of Social Science at Harvard University

"[A] mind-bending voyage of discovery that will transport its many readers into realms of wondrous revelation." - Philip Zimbardo, author of The Lucifer Effect