DJ Strouse

My Goodreads Rating: 4 of 5 stars
Until recently, those interested in learning about consciousness have had just three options: (1) introspection (informative but deceiving), (2) books by philosophers (interesting but completely speculative), and (3) books by crazies (the majority of the literature on consciousness). Consciousness has long been a naughty word in science, but [...]

My Goodreads Rating: 4 of 5 stars
Interested in cybernetics, theoretical biology, and philosophy but still find Dan Brown novels to require mental gymnastics? Put on your philosophical training wheels and give “Tree of Knowledge” a spin!
A mixture of dated scientific ideas, profound frameworks for thinking about living organisms, and unnecessarily complicated jargon, ToK is [...]

My Goodreads rating: 2 of 5 stars
Save yourself 2 hours and $14 and just head to your nearest Los Angeles new-age cafe and ask a stranger about the good life. From a University of Chicago Professor of Psychology, I expected more than unjustified blanket statements (”In the United States and other technologically advanced societies, [...]