#326 – Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality

Annaka Harris is the author of Conscious: A Brief Guide to the
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http://nautil.us/what-is-time-238478 2. A Solution to the
Combination Problem:
http://annakaharris.com/the-future-of-panpsychism 3. Consciousness
Isn’t Self-Centered:
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The Case Against Reality: https://amzn.to/3MhW4Wt 2. Being You:
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Spooky Action at a Distance: https://amzn.to/3y27N7a 5. The Order
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:20)
- Free will (1:00:37) - Consciousness (1:31:09) - Depression
(1:44:26) - Psychedelics (1:52:25) - Meditation (1:56:49) - Ideas
(2:20:35) - AI sentience (2:37:56) - Suffering (2:40:53) - Meaning
of life