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Laura Marshall's avatar

I love this Megan, especially the contrast you draw between our expanded understanding of the nature of consciousness and the press to accept artificial intelligence into our own mental landscapes. Thank you for caring for the Junko

Megan Mayhew-Bergman's avatar

Thank you, Laura! I would happily have more Juncos in my house if they wanted to join me.

Thao Thai's avatar

This is lovely, Megan. "Wilderness asks us for restraint — for the dignity of being left, in some places, alone." What an idea, to find humility and meaning in absence.

Megan Mayhew-Bergman's avatar

Thank you for reading! This is an idea I really believe in.

David Gallipoli's avatar

Thank you for the interview link. Wonderful.

David Gallipoli's avatar

Love this"To ask what consciousness today, is, then, is not abstract at all. It is to ask better questions about who counts, what deserves care, and how we orient ourselves in a world where attention, awareness, and interior life are no longer exclusively human."

Megan Mayhew-Bergman's avatar

Thank you, David! I like this idea as well. A time of reorientation.

Caren Simpson McVicker's avatar

Loved this. Will listen as well.

Megan Mayhew-Bergman's avatar

Thank you, Caren!

Mira Kamdar's avatar

Consciousness versus AI unknowing. Torpor as a way to cope with the extremely chilling. And wild birds. Loved it all.

Megan Mayhew-Bergman's avatar

Thank you, Mira!