Interviews around an awesome theory
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Couldn't shake the feeling that this book should've been a podcast. The interviews read like a transcript of a conversation: not with every "uhm" written down but with the pleasantries, and the filler phrases, and the repetitions, repetitions, repetitions. Since the interviews are with different people, the chapters are quite uneven, and I'd recommend not sticking to it with the ones that don't speak to you from the very start. Some interviewees don't say much; others deliver on the promise of the book, which is showcasing the research that came after Jaynes and confirmed or refuted various parts of his wonderfully cross-disciplinary theory of consciousness. I have written down some of the references as to-read, but overall the format of the book made me a bit tired. It read rough and never went deep.
Couldn't shake the feeling that this book should've been a podcast. The interviews read like a transcript of a conversation: not with every "uhm" written down but with the pleasantries, and the filler phrases, and the repetitions, repetitions, repetitions. Since the interviews are with different people, the chapters are quite uneven, and I'd recommend not sticking to it with the ones that don't speak to you from the very start. Some interviewees don't say much; others deliver on the promise of the book, which is showcasing the research that came after Jaynes and confirmed or refuted various parts of his wonderfully cross-disciplinary theory of consciousness. I have written down some of the references as to-read, but overall the format of the book made me a bit tired. It read rough and never went deep.



















