#326 – Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality

Annaka Harris is the author of Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(07:20) - Free will

(1:00:37) - Consciousness

(1:31:09) - Depression

(1:44:26) - Psychedelics

(1:52:25) - Meditation

(1:56:49) - Ideas

(2:20:35) - AI sentience

(2:37:56) - Suffering

(2:40:53) - Meaning of life