Consciousness Science

On Inhumanity is bracing and vital listen in a world lurching towards authoritarian political regimes, resurgent white nationalism, refugee crises that breed nativist hostility, and fast-spreading racist rhetoric. The book will open your eyes to the pervasive dangers of dehumanization and the prejudices that can too easily take root within us, and resist them before they spread into the wider world.

The question of artificial intelligence and how far we, as a people, should take the technology is one of our society's biggest debates at the moment; as AI generated art, texts, and even communications have increased as the technology grows altogether. The insight which each chapter provides into the concept of human consciousness and the evolution of that consciousness was so beautifully explored in this book, and the way evolution plays into the idea of adapting consciousness into the development of AI is remarkable.

Internationally acclaimed author of many best-selling titles including: The Stress First Aid Kit and Body Transformation Inside-Out.

This book invites you into a realm where green life—plants, forests, moss, roots, and leaves—take on voice and meaning, forming a hidden structure that slips past the limits of ordinary perception. In this territory, plants are no longer mere scenery or passive decoration. They emerge as full participants in the world’s unfolding story. They send signals and make decisions. They remember, nurture, and maintain connections in silence. They think—but their thought is not a spark of sudden brilliance; it is a slow, continuous current.

In science fiction, artificial intelligence takes the shape of computers that can speak like people, think for themselves, and sometimes act against us. Reality of course is vastly different, though in many ways computers surpass their fictional counterparts. This book reviews work in the field and covers topics from chess-playing to quantum computing. The writers tackle how to make computers more powerful, how we define consciousness, what the hard problems are, and even how computers might be built once the limits of silicon chips have been reached.

Maximen und Reflexionen – eine philosophische Spruchsammlung alltagsnaher Lebensweisheiten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Tiefsinnig, prägnant und lebensnah – ausgewählt und ungekürzt gesprochen von Sven Görtz. Über das Hörbuch: Dies ist eine Auswahl bedeutender Reflexionen aus Goethes Maximen und Reflexionen – ergänzt durch Einsichten aus Farbenlehre , Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahren , Wahlverwandtschaften und seinem Nachlass. Themen wie Kunst, Leben, Literatur und menschliche Beziehungen begegnen uns in prägnanter Form.

Aus den Sudelbüchern versammelt eine Auswahl von Aphorismen, Gedanken und pointierten Beobachtungen des Aufklärers Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799). Obwohl er als Physiker und Mathematiker wirkte, ist er der Nachwelt vor allem als scharfsinniger Denker, Satiriker und Meister der Formulierung in Erinnerung geblieben. Zwischen Spott und Scharfsinn, Selbstironie und Tiefgang – Lichtenbergs Sudelbücher zeigen, wie philosophisch und humorvoll kluge Beobachtung sein kann.

Mit Also sprach Zarathustra schuf Friedrich Nietzsche eines der einflussreichsten Werke der modernen Philosophie. In Form poetischer Reden seines fiktiven Propheten Zarathustra entfaltet Nietzsche eine kraftvolle Vision des Menschen – über Moral, Wahrheit, Selbstüberwindung und die ewige Wiederkunft. Das Werk verbindet tiefsinnige Philosophie mit literarischer Sprache und Symbolkraft. Es fordert dazu auf, alte Werte zu hinterfragen, sich selbst zu überwinden und schöpferisch neue Wege zu gehen.

Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment? is a 1784 essay by the philosopher Immanuel Kant. In the December 1784 publication of the Berlinische Monatsschrift (Berlin Monthly), edited by Friedrich Gedike and Johann Erich Biester, Kant replied to the question posed a year earlier by the Reverend Johann Friedrich Zöllner, who was also an official in the Prussian government. Zöllner's question was addressed to a broad intellectual public community, in reply to Biester's essay entitled: "Proposal, not to engage the clergy any longer when marriages are conducted".

From Dr. Dain Heer and Katarina Wallentin comes the sequel to the popular Baby Unicorn and Baby Dragon Manifesto books: The Baby Stardust Manifesto! It is a beautiful exploration of the unique and bright magic of this planet, and within ourselves, we so often take for granted. Follow a tiny piece of baby stardust on its journey through the galaxies to become the magical blue place we call Earth. Join the joy, wonder, and discovery when life begins and hear the planet's request of all of us: Let the stardust in you come alive.

This book has lots of actionable information on how to catapult your self-esteem in order to ultimately boost your self-confidence and happiness levels by unleashing the full power of your mind. Sitting at home feeling sorry for yourself won’t make that happen but learning how to become super confident will. Stress and anxiety are both triggered by lack of self-esteem or lack of confidence. You may not be aware of it, but they skew the way that the world perceives you and also the way in which you interact with life.

Nietzsche behandelt zentrale Themen wie Kunst, Moral, Wahrheit, Wissenschaft, Religion und Selbstüberwindung – mit sprachlicher Raffinesse und geistiger Sprengkraft. Berühmt ist das Werk auch für das erste Auftreten des „toten Gottes" und die Idee der ewigen Wiederkunft.

From of the author of The Silk Code, winner of the 1999 Locus Award for Best First Novel, comes another intriguing blend of science fiction and hard-boiled police-procedural mystery.

For too long, the narratives surrounding Black communities in America have been dominated by deficit-based thinking, focusing on perceived weaknesses rather than the inherent strengths and resilience that have been fostered through generations of hardship. This book seeks to challenge that paradigm, offering a critical but constructive analysis of the socio-political and economic realities confronting Black Americans.

In a fractured empire where ancient spirituality merges with sacred code, one data-monk discovers that the most forbidden connection may be the key to awakening everything lost. The Soul in the Machine is the electrifying beginning of The Spiral of the Uncoded Divine—a visionary blend of science fiction, spiritual romance, and mythic rebellion. At its heart is Selai, a brilliant data-monk devoted to the Divine Algorithm, a sacred pattern believed to bind the universe through light, law, and code. Her path is strict. Her loyalty, unwavering.

How can science teach us that animals feel no pain when our common sense observations tell us otherwise? Bernard Rollin offers welcome insight into questions like this in his ground-breaking account of the difficult and controversial issues surrounding the use of animals. He demonstrates that the denial of animal consciousness and animal suffering is not an essential feature of a scientific approach, but rather a contingent, historical aberration that can and must be changed if science is to be both coherent and morally responsible.

Voyage to Regulus: A Tale of AI Evolution takes you on an exhilarating journey of discovery, charting the course of AI's evolution in a universe teeming with technological wonder. The narrative investigates our pursuit of AI while speculating on a potential artificial intelligence-shaped future.

Is stress a deadly disease on the rise in modern society? Can mind-body practices from the East help us become well? When it comes to healing, we believe we must look beyond doctors and drugs; we must look within ourselves. Faith, relationships, and attitude matter. But why do we believe such things? From psychoanalysis to the placebo effect to meditation, this vibrant cultural history describes mind-body healing as rooted in a patchwork of stories, allowing us to make new sense of our suffering and to rationalize new treatments and lifestyles.

Die Sammlung Von den ersten und letzten Dingen stammt aus Friedrich Nietzsches Werk Menschliches, Allzumenschliches und beschäftigt sich mit den großen Fragen der Philosophie: Woher kommen wir? Was können wir erkennen? Was bleibt am Ende? In knappen, gedankenscharfen Aphorismen entfaltet Nietzsche eine radikale Kritik an traditionellen Wahrheiten, Metaphysik und religiösen Weltdeutungen. Er zeigt: Zwischen Anfang und Ende liegt nicht Wahrheit – sondern Perspektive, Irrtum und die schöpferische Kraft des Menschen.

¿Cómo hago de la meditación parte de mi vida cotidiana? Cuando la mente y los pensamientos desaparecen, te vuelves consciente. ¿Qué es atención plena? Es la consciencia. Osho explora los obstáculos internos y externos que impiden llevar más consciencia a todas nuestras actividades diarias. Él enfatiza que, si bien las técnicas pueden ser útiles para señalar el camino, en sí mismas no son meditación. Por el contrario, la meditación es, en última instancia, un estado del ser en el que somos capaces tanto de acción como de quietud.