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Susan Schneider
Susan Schneider is the Founding Director of the Centre for the Future Mind at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), the former Distinguished Scholar at the Library of Congress, the author of Artificial You: AI and the Future of Mind and the former NASA Chair at NASA.
Her work has been covered in venues such as the BBC, the NY Times, PBS, Forbes Magazine, the History Channel, and the Washington Post.

Susan Schneider is the Founding Director of the Centre for the Future Mind at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), the former Distinguished Scholar at the Library of Congress, the author of Artificial You: AI and the Future of Mind and the former NASA Chair at NASA.
Her work has been covered in venues such as the BBC, the NY Times, PBS, Forbes Magazine, the History Channel, and the Washington Post.
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In Search of the Self
Are you an illusion?

The Limits of Logic
Should we embrace the irrational?

The Fractured Mind
Bence Nanay | Should we avoid temptations?

The Dance of Life
Is experience all that we have?

In Search Of Ourselves
Is self-discovery a desirable and vital goal?

Neuroscience vs. Philosophy
Explaining the secrets of the mind

The Limits of Reason
Is knowledge stranger than reason?

The Illusion of Sense
Do our senses radically limit our understanding?

How to be a Stoic
Live your Best Life

Knowing Others and Knowing Oneself
Are the minds of others profoundly unknowable?

The Mind and the World
Raymond Tallis | The issue with neuromania

The Limits of Freedom
Is there such a thing as too much freedom?

The Secrets of Consciousness
Can the brain explain experience?

Matter and Mind
Is consciousness inexplicable?

Hearts and Minds
Should intuition or reason guide us?

The Story of I
Where does the narrative of the self come from?

The Chemistry of Freedom
Is free will an illusion?

Mind and the Universe
Is consciousness stranger than we thought?

Fate, Freedom, and Neuroscience
The science of free will

Truth, Lies and Self-Deception
Can we see ourselves clearly if we want to?

Secrets of the Mind
Can science explain consciousness?

The Mind's Eye
Consciousness and the soul

The Extended Mind
Is consciousness confined to the body?

Owning Ourselves
Are our bodies our property?

Being Conscious
The science and philosophy of consciousness

On Having a Mind, Having a Body, and Being a Person

The Fragility of the Human Personality

Dangerous Convictions
Frank Furedi | Could we live without certainty?

Actual Consciousness
The Limits of Human Consciousness and Thought

Stories of Desire
Can desire help us make sense of the world?

At One With Ourselves
Are meditation and mindfulness just myths?

Mind in the 21st Century

The Tyranny of Freedom
Do we have too much choice?

The Evolution of Consciousness
The transformative ideas of Owen Barfield

The Edge of Reason
Beyond the limits of rationality

Metaphors of the Mind
Does metaphor hold the key to consciousness?

The Road to the Good Life
Is reason the key to a better world?

Are Selves Unreal?
Debunking the establishment's attack on the Self

Animal Reason
Is consciousness unique to humans?

Inside the Mind’s Eye

Catching Sight of Ourselves
Who looks back in the mirror?

The Philosopher’s Guide to Style
Why appearance matters

The Ego Trick
Is the self an illusion?

Sensuality and Deception

Who Looks Back in the Mirror
Are we any closer to understanding the self, and what makes each one of us who we are?

Outrageous Fortune
Fate in modern society

The Architecture of Being
Navigating our relationships

Entering the Unknown
What can we know of ourselves and the world?

Thinking Afresh
Is consistency consistent?

The View From Outside
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Tipping points and the Earth's system

Human history in the age of the Anthropocene

Could blockchain end big tech?
Nature is not a resource for humans

The dangers of Zuckerberg's metaverse

The new science of extreme weather

AI is turning us into machines

Neurons in a dish learn to play Pong

How technology will revolutionise relationships

We should all be worried about synthetic data

Google's AI is not sentient. Not even slightly

The AI containment problem

Technological determinism is wrong

The dangers of science behind closed doors

Why electric cars are a mistake

Why we have the future of AI wrong

Why AI must learn to forget

All-knowing machines are a fantasy

AI may need sleep too

The lunacy of 'machine consciousness'

The end of astronauts

Machine Life

Google, Amazon and Plato’s Cave

The culture of bees and the AI apocalypse

AI and the end of reason

Controlling the threats from AI

AI, Moloch, and the race to the bottom

Stem cells: the hype and the dangerous reality

Ancient traits in modern life

The end of being human