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Book SynopsisTwo neuroscientists trace a sweeping new vision of consciousness across eighteen increasingly intelligent minds, from microbes to humankind and beyond
Trade Review"A jarring accomplishment. It’s a heroic attempt to explicate the essential nature of thinking that overturns assumptions, pricks human pride, and maybe even puts a scare into the reader. It’s also an energetic exposition that begins as a biology lesson and winds up offering an evolutionary argument for kindness. It will almost surely change your mind about the mind." -- William Rice - Washington Independent Review of Books
"Every page of
Journey of the Mind is packed with fascinating insight. This is a brilliant book that will change the way you think about thinking." -- David Epstein, best-selling author of Range and The Sports Gene
"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, winner of the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and best-selling author of How to Decide
"This enthralling book charts a quantum leap from the prebiotic universe to sentience and selfhood. This is an accessible, eclectic and enlightening book that—once read—is difficult to stop thinking about." -- Karl Friston, University College London, ranked by Semantic Scholar as the most influential neuroscientist in the world
