Season 2, Episode 5: Anil Seth, Being You: A New Science of Consciousness

Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and neuroscientist Anil Seth, author of Being You: A New Science of Consciousness to explore the hard problem of consciousness. Because the deep puzzles of consciousness can’t be solved head-on with existing scientific methods, Seth aims to gradually “dissolve” the problem by looking at levels of consciousness, the content of consciousness, and the mystery of the sense of self.Together, they unpack several of the hard questions: How can physical beings have subjective experiences? How can we measure consciousness? Is consciousness the feeling of being alive?  The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.Footnotes:ConsciousnessArtificial IntelligenceWhat Is It Like To Be A Bat? By Thomas Nagel  Psychiatric InjuryFunctional NeuroimagingPhenomenology ConsciousnessFunctional ConsciousnessBehavioral Consciousness Experiential PerceptionPattern Recognition Self-Driving VehiclesQualiaHard Problem of ConsciousnessPanpsychismÉlan VitalEEG, MRI, fMRILocked-In Syndrome Adrian Owen Sense PerceptionControlled HallucinationChris FrithPlato: Allegory of the CaveSensory Nervous SystemWilliam JamesNeural CircuitMetacognition Animal TrialMachine Consciousness⭐️ Thanks for listening to Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs!📚 Join the conversation and go deeper into the ideas shaping our world.➡️ Watch the conversation on YouTube ➡️ Subscribe to the newsletter for episode updates, readings, and behind-the-scenes insights: https://bit.ly/subscribeBCJS➡️ Explore past episodes, show notes, and featured books: https://bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org🎧 Download and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode.📣 Love the show? Leave a rating and review - it helps more listeners find the podcast.🔁 Share this episode with a friend, colleague, or book club who’d enjoy the discussion!