Exploring Consciousness at Edge Esmeralda - by jane gatsby

Last month I attended Edge Esmeralda, a four week long pop-up village in Healdsburg, CA that gathers people on the frontiers of tech, science, and culture. The first week was on consciousness, with guest lectures from Mike Johnson, Jeff Lieberman, Matthew Segall, Andrew Côté, Brian Toomey, Emmett Shear, Adam Safron, Riva Tez, Alex Vawter, Dor Konforty, Stephen Zerfas, and Ginevra Davis. They spoke on a variety of topics. Everything from meditation and enlightenment to the philosophy of science, vasocomputation, active inference, artificial intelligence, and moral realism. I was there to capture the insights from these speakers and write a report that integrates their findings into a comprehensive map containing the cutting edge of consciousness research. While their fields of interest and domains of expertise varied widely, certain topics consistently emerged throughout the week. Tying these threads together created a rich tapestry—a clear picture on what consciousness is, how it works

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