Michael Pollan – A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness

Michael Pollan, one of the nation’s most influential non-fiction writers and investigative journalists, is the author of nine previous bestselling books, including How to Change Your Mind; In Defense of Food; The Omnivore’s Dilemma; and The Botany of Desire. Today, he will trace his six-year quest to solve the greatest mystery in nature: how, and why, are we conscious? That Odyssey, which he describes in his newest book, A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness, is an enthralling tale that begins in a brain lab in Seattle, and ends, of all places, in a cave in the mountains of New Mexico, where he discovers that explaining consciousness may be less important than learning to practice it, fully, in our everyday lives. Introduction by Dacher Keltner, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley http://www.bioneers.org 0:00 Introduction by Dacher Keltner 3:34 Michael's Keynote begins 19:15 Outro