LZ Granderson: What creates consciousness is a certain amount of hubs, association hubs in the nervous system. He says all networks form hubs whether they're Facebook or airlines. LZ: I can remember when she got a dog and I suggested for her to watch everything the dog does and what he smells. Then she started to get some insight into sensory based thinking in a dog's world. And so that's a perfect example of collaboration between a visual thinker and a word thinker.