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Michael Pollan

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Author of A World Appears; This is Your Mind on Plants; How to Change Your Mind; Cooked; In Defense of Food; The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and The Botany of Desire.
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An Ordinary Mind on an Ordinary Day | Michael Pollan

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By Michael Pollan
| Lapham's Quarterly Verified
Ask about the unconscious and most neuroscientists will acknowledge its existence, grudgingly, before going on to explain that consciousness is hard enough to study as it is, without complicating the matter by bringing in something as elusive and ill-defined as unconsciousness. Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva, a Bulgarian-born psychologist at the University of British Columbia, is a notable exception, a self-described misfit in the field.
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Defending Our Consciousness Against the Algorithms

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By Michael Pollan
| Nautilus Verified
Worried that the age-old experience of boredom is at risk of extinction at the hands of technology, a group of young influencers on—irony alert—social media are recommending we nurture and celebrate this underappreciated state of mind. To people of a certain age, boredom has evidently become exotic. These influencers have launched a “viral challenge” on Instagram urging us to try to do absolutely nothing for as long as we possibly can.
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Cosa abbiamo in testa

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By Michael Pollan
| Internazionale Verified
A cosa stavo pensando? Non è una domanda semplice o lineare come credevo. Appena si prova a registrare e classificare i contenuti della coscienza – impressioni sensoriali, sentimenti, parole, immagini, sogni a occhi aperti, divagazioni della mente, ruminazioni, riflessioni, osservazioni, opinioni, intuizioni e occasionali illuminazioni – si trovano molte più domande che risposte, e più di qualche sorpresa.
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