Shaun Higgins, a physics PhD, explores how quantum physics might relate to consciousness, perception and the nature of time, with issues on quantum super-radiance in neurobiology and how the brain shapes experienced reality. Much of the sample reads as promotion for a paid subscription offering research updates and live experiment streams.
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Polytropolis is a personal essay newsletter by a philosopher of mind who writes about AI consciousness, moral status of machines, and related philosophy, with digressions into games and science fiction. Readers get careful, opinionated arguments engaging with current debates and with fiction such as Ted Chiang's work.
Long-form essays on consciousness, culture, myth, religion and technology from a California perspective, written by the host of the Expanding Mind podcast. Issues mix cultural criticism, philosophy and personal reflection, such as a reading of AI discourse and a take on the Odyssey through Adorno and Jung.
Weekly essays on consciousness, voluntary decision-making and error correction, drawing on global workspace theory and goal-image models. Readers get a theory-driven account of how conscious goals compete, stick, or fail in everyday action and psychopathology.
Rob Brezsny's newsletter offers astrology-flavored essays, horoscopes and excerpts from his books, written in a lyrical, playful and personal voice. Readers get reflective pieces on emotions, spirituality, consciousness and imagined hopeful futures.
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