Michael Pollan — The Mystery of Consciousness

On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

May 14, 202601:14:02Society & Culture

From Krista: Michael Pollan’s latest book, A World Appears, is an exploration — with scientists and journalists and technologists and spiritual teachers — of what consciousness is, and is not, or might be: from the plant...

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