Incognito
by David Eagleman
Most of what the brain does is unconscious and inaccessible: Eagleman tours perception, the team-of-rivals model of the mind, why we are not the authors of most of our acts, and what that means for blame and law. Lively and readable.
Read it if…
you want a clear popular account of how little of you is conscious.
Skip it if…
you want applications; it is explanation and philosophy.
Three things you will actually use
- Consciousness is the newspaper, not the city.
- You are a team of rivals; manage the team.
- Blame assumes a unity that does not exist.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the team of rivals and notice your own conflicts for a day.
Our verdict
How little of you is conscious.
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