The Third Culture Book, Guns, Germs and Steel

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500 pages, no long enough. Ow through them. It's a third culture book. And i like those kind of books. The analogy i make is like jery diamond's book, guns, germs and steel isn't the pop version of his ical papers. You can read it as a professional scientist, or you could pick it up at the bookstall and a regular person in an airline reads it. Some same thing with you, ow grew up on. Now, you know, girdle a sor bark by a da hofstatter, who went on to be my bh d Advises. He's always been the model for me, just putting forward his

Shermer speaks with University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and codirector of the Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness at New York University, Dr. David Chalmers, to discuss: the hard problem of consciousness; virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence; VR inside a VR, indistinguishable from Reality; Are we living in a simulation?; Can you live a good life in VR?; Can AI systems be conscious? and more…

How do we know that there’s an external world? What is the nature of reality? What’s the relation between mind and body? Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of David Chalmers’ book: Reality+ — a highly original work of “technophilosophy” in which Chalmers gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and that we can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. He uses virtual reality technology to offer a new perspective on long-established philosophical questions. We may even be in a virtual world already.