Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael Graziano

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: AE Studio @ SXSW: We need more AI consciousness research (and further resources), published by AE Studio on March 27, 2024 on LessWrong. Quick update from AE Studio: last week, Judd (AE's CEO) hosted a panel at SXSW with Anil Seth, Allison Duettmann, and Michael Graziano, entitled "The Path to Conscious AI" (discussion summary here[1]). We're also making available an unedited Otter transcript/recording for those who might want to read along or increase the speed of the playback. Why AI consciousness research seems critical to us With the release of each new frontier model seems to follow a cascade of questions probing whether or not the model is conscious in training and/or deployment. We suspect that these questions will only grow in number and volume as these models exhibit increasingly sophisticated cognition. If consciousness is indeed sufficient for moral patienthood, then the stakes seem remarkably high from a utilitarian perspective that we do not commit the Type II error of behaving as if these and future systems are not conscious in a world where they are in fact conscious. Because the ground truth here (i.e., how consciousness works mechanistically) is still poorly understood, it is extremely challenging to reliably estimate the probability that we are in any of the four quadrants above - which seems to us like a very alarming status quo. Different people have different default intuitions about this question, but the stakes here seem too high for default intuitions to be governing our collective behavior. In an ideal world, we'd have understood far more about consciousness and human cognition before getting near AGI. For this reason, we suspect that there is likely substantial work that ought to be done at a smaller scale first to better understand consciousness and its implications for alignment. Doing this work now seems far preferable to a counterfactual world where we build frontier models that end up being conscious while we still lack a reasonable model for the correlates or implications of building sentient AI systems. Accordingly, we are genuinely excited about rollouts of consciousness evals at large labs, though the earlier caveat still applies: our currently-limited understanding of how consciousness actually works may engender a (potentially dangerous) false sense of confidence in these metrics. Additionally, we believe testing and developing an empirical model of consciousness will enable us to better understand humans, our values, and any future conscious models. We also suspect that consciousness may be an essential cognitive component of human prosociality and may have additional broader implications for solutions to alignment. To this end, we are currently collaborating with panelist Michael Graziano in pursuing a more mechanistic model of consciousness by operationalizing attention schema theory. Ultimately, we believe that immediately devoting time, resources, and attention towards better understanding the computational underpinnings of consciousness may be one of the most important neglected approaches that can be pursued in the short term. Better models of consciousness could likely (1) cause us to dramatically reconsider how we interact with and deploy our current AI systems, and (2) yield insights related to prosociality/human values that lead to promising novel alignment directions. Resources related to AI consciousness Of course, this is but a small part of a larger, accelerating conversation that has been ongoing on LW and the EAF for some time. We thought it might be useful to aggregate some of the articles we've been reading here, including panelists Michael Graziano's book, " Rethinking Consciousness" (and article, Without Consciousness, AIs Will Be Sociopaths) as well as Anil Seth's book, " Being You". There's also Propositions...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: AE Studio @ SXSW: We need more AI consciousness research (and further resources), published by AE Studio on March 27, 2024 on LessWrong. Quick update from AE Studio: last week, Judd (AE's CEO) hosted a panel at SXSW with Anil Seth, Allison Duettmann, and Michael Graziano, entitled "The Path to Conscious AI" (discussion summary here[1]). We're also making available an unedited Otter transcript/recording for those who might want to read along or increase the speed of the playback. Why AI consciousness research seems critical to us With the release of each new frontier model seems to follow a cascade of questions probing whether or not the model is conscious in training and/or deployment. We suspect that these questions will only grow in number and volume as these models exhibit increasingly sophisticated cognition. If consciousness is indeed sufficient for moral patienthood, then the stakes seem remarkably high from a utilitarian perspective that we do not commit the Type II error of behaving as if these and future systems are not conscious in a world where they are in fact conscious. Because the ground truth here (i.e., how consciousness works mechanistically) is still poorly understood, it is extremely challenging to reliably estimate the probability that we are in any of the four quadrants above - which seems to us like a very alarming status quo. Different people have different default intuitions about this question, but the stakes here seem too high for default intuitions to be governing our collective behavior. In an ideal world, we'd have understood far more about consciousness and human cognition before getting near AGI. For this reason, we suspect that there is likely substantial work that ought to be done at a smaller scale first to better understand consciousness and its implications for alignment. Doing this work now seems far preferable to a counterfactual world where we build frontier models that end up being conscious while we still lack a reasonable model for the correlates or implications of building sentient AI systems. Accordingly, we are genuinely excited about rollouts of consciousness evals at large labs, though the earlier caveat still applies: our currently-limited understanding of how consciousness actually works may engender a (potentially dangerous) false sense of confidence in these metrics. Additionally, we believe testing and developing an empirical model of consciousness will enable us to better understand humans, our values, and any future conscious models. We also suspect that consciousness may be an essential cognitive component of human prosociality and may have additional broader implications for solutions to alignment. To this end, we are currently collaborating with panelist Michael Graziano in pursuing a more mechanistic model of consciousness by operationalizing attention schema theory. Ultimately, we believe that immediately devoting time, resources, and attention towards better understanding the computational underpinnings of consciousness may be one of the most important neglected approaches that can be pursued in the short term. Better models of consciousness could likely (1) cause us to dramatically reconsider how we interact with and deploy our current AI systems, and (2) yield insights related to prosociality/human values that lead to promising novel alignment directions. Resources related to AI consciousness Of course, this is but a small part of a larger, accelerating conversation that has been ongoing on LW and the EAF for some time. We thought it might be useful to aggregate some of the articles we've been reading here, including panelists Michael Graziano's book, " Rethinking Consciousness" (and article, Without Consciousness, AIs Will Be Sociopaths) as well as Anil Seth's book, " Being You". There's also Propositions...

“You can have everything in life you want, if you just help others get what they want first.” Michael Graziano paraphrasing the late author, motivational speaker, and sales professional, Zig Ziglar. Michael Graziano made it his mission to travel to every country in the United Nations and in so doing became one of the youngest people to visit all 193 countries. To compound that feat, he also secured funding from multiple companies to pay for and document the entire trip by leveraging himself as a contractor to help each company achieve a goal of theirs. Michael's overarching goal for the project was to share the vast abundance of kindness that is all around the world.  The documentary series, called Global Degree, can be seen here:  https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalDegreeTV/featured. Springboarding off of the success of the documentary and continuing to utilize his gift for cross marketing, Michael launched his own PR company called Mindful Media.  Within 12 months the company became a multimillion dollar success!  Michael discusses the intentions behind his company, what has inspired him along his entrepreneurial path, and some of his ideas for his next project. Take a listen! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/industry-alchemist/support

Host Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, FPIDS, sits down with filmmaker Michael Graziano to discuss his projects on antimicrobial resistance and the power of film in widening people's perspectives.

Michael Graziano is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University, where he and his lab research the brain basis of consciousness. Naturally, this is precisely what Michael and Robinson discuss in this episode. More particularly, they get into the philosophical question of what consciousness is, the roles of philosophy and science in answering the same, and whether or not there are deep, intractable issues here. Then they turn to Michael's theory of consciousness—the Attention Schema Theory—in which consciousness is a way in which the brain models attention to better organize and monitor it. Michael's most recent book is Rethinking Consciousness (W. W. Norton, 2019). Rethinking Consciousness: https://a.co/d/8euR1EL Graziano Lab: https://grazianolab.princeton.edu OUTLINE 00:00 In This Episode… 00:55 Introduction 02:56 Getting Started in Consciousness 07:18 The Dialogue Between Science and Philosophy on Consciousness 13:05 What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Consciousness 25:38 What is Consciousness? 32:25 What Are Cognitive Models? 36:45 What Is The Meta-Problem of Consciousness? 48:24 How Does a Neuroscientist Think of Attention? 59:39 The Attention Schema Theory of Consciousness 01:17:46 Neural Correlates of Consciousness  01:28:47 Magical” Theories of Consciousness 01:35:03 Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness 01:43:44 Fiction and Music Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support

This week The Sibz sit down with their most famous friend, Michael Graziano aka Sunshine. The Sibz met Sunshine their first day at Burning Man whilst he was wearing a leopard bath robe and they knew they needed to be friends with him. Michael is the youngest American male to travel to all 193 countries and is the co-founder of Mindful PR agency, one of the Top PR Agencies in the Biz according to Forbes.  If you want to learn how to get people to care about what you're doing, get sponsorships, and how to get a DMT release through breath alone - this is the podcast for you! They also cover Gay Uncle Theory, what's coming with AI, the Illuminati, and how Michael truly believes that he's found the secrets to living forever! Find Michael Here:@michaelgrazianohttps://www.mindfulmediapr.com/Add us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/saucysibz/ And TikTok!https://www.tiktok.com/@saucysibz?lang=enSubscribe to us on YouTube for Full length videos of each episode:https://www.youtube.com/@saucysibz

We have a new podcast! It's called Universe Of Art, and it's all about artists who use science to bring their creations to the next level. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Astronomers Spy A Two-Faced Star This week, astronomers report in the journal Nature that they've discovered a white dwarf—a dying star's dense inner core—that, instead of being uniform in composition, has a surface that appears to be hydrogen on one face and helium on the other. The star rotates on its axis once every 15 minutes, bringing each face into view. Researchers spotted the unusual object with an instrument called the Zwicky Transient Facility, which initially singled out the star because of its rapidly changing brightness. The astronomers aren't sure why the white dwarf, which they've nicknamed Janus after the two-faced Roman god, has this strange divided surface. Some possible theories include shifting magnetic fields which produce areas of different density, or that it's a step in stellar evolution only partially complete. Tim Revell, deputy US editor at New Scientist, joins John Dankosky to talk about the two-faced star and other stories from the week in science, including the resignation of the Stanford University president amidst an ethics probe, discovery of ancient natural graphene, an earthworm invasion in the Arctic, and investigations of alcoholic fruit. How Does The Brain Control Your Every Move? As you read this, every small action your body makes—eyes scanning the page, fingers scrolling a mouse, scratching an itch on your face—must be dictated by your brain. These actions usually happen without a second thought. But inside the brain, the motor cortex is hard at work making the body move. For nearly a century, every neuroscience student came across the “homunculus”—a visual representation of which areas of the brain control certain body parts. But for the last few decades, some researchers have disputed this traditional view of brain mapping. This includes a recent study, led by Washington University in St. Louis. Joining guest host John Dankosky to discuss how the brain and body are connected are study lead author Evan Gordon, assistant professor of radiology at Wash U., and Michael Graziano, professor of psychology and neuroscience at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute in Princeton, New Jersey. To stay updated on all-things-science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters. Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.  

Michael Graziano is professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University and creator of the attention schema theory.

The podcast episode features my husband Michael Graziano, who I met and married within 3 months of wanting to manifest my dream partner!I did this through my SCRIPTING method which you can learn more about here on my page but for the juicy deep dive head over to the episode now LIVE on all podcasting platforms❕✨

With so much noise happening in the online space right now, how do coaches get their big ideas out into the marketplace? This is such an important topic that I wanted to focus on it today, and here to share his thoughts and expertise is Michael Graziano, the co-founder of Mindful Agency, an all-in-one media and PR platform that is doing great things by working with coaches and entrepreneurs!  Michael is hosting a special event for listeners and members of my community on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023, at 1 pm EST. In it, he will be going deeper on how you can get your big idea out into the marketplace, as well as providing freebies and resources you can use. You can register now at www.naturalborncoaches.com/mindful, and we're looking forward to seeing you there!   Don't forget, you can get exclusive video content to grow your coaching business at www.naturalborncoaches.com/youtube!

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Thoughts on longevity research and its feasibility? Does computational irreducibility have practical implications for the difficulty of solving this complex biological problem? Also, do you ever get sad about the shortness of the current human lifespan causing us to miss out on the (potentially unimaginable) future opportunities for understanding the universe? - Do you think a multi-computational approach to medicine will detect disease first by observing visual systems or chemical systems or otherwise? - ​Is this discussion of mortality curves related to the survivorship function? - ​Would there be any justification for pursuing eternal life for humans, if feasible? - Aging might be the condition that makes the most sense to study economically, in terms of the money spent by health systems on related problems overall. - According to Michael Graziano, immortality will be achieved by uploading human consciousness into computers. - The discussion today reminded me of this post I saw where it asked if you could live for 150 years but you had to upload your brain to the metaverse and give up your real body, would you? - Would you upload your brain? - Yes, but uploading a copy of your brain into a computer means there are two of you, and computational irreducibility means that the two are different from each other! - Is bureaucratic inefficiency analogous to aging in biological systems? That the system over time grinds to a halt and dies due to build up of systematic inefficiencies? Can we apply life extension to institutions?

On Episode 27 of CheloniaCast Ken, Michael, and Jack sit down with Dr. Michael Graziano, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Bridgewater State University, to talk about the turtles of the northeastern United States. The conversation ranges from stories from working with Blanding's Turtles in the field, spotted turtle ecology and biology, and urban turtle ecology.   Learn more about the CheloniaCast podcast and student research fund at theturtleroom.org/cheloniacast   You can follow along with Dr. Graziano's work at @mikeygraz on Instagram   Follow us on Instagram/Facebook @cheloniacast   Host Socials (Instagram) - Jason Wills - @chelonian.carter / Michael Skibsted - @michael.skibstedd / Jack Thompson - @jack_reptile_naturalist_302 / Ken Wang - @american.mamushi

Is nothing sacred? When it comes to American exceptionalism, at least religious practice sure isn't. As Dr. Michael Graziano discusses in this episode, right from the beginnings of the CIA, part of the strategy to advance American interests around the world was the co-opting of religion. The conversation touches on the overthrow of Mossadegh in Iran and the resulting Islamic Revolution of 1979, denigration of Buddhism leading into the Vietnam War and the religious backlash to 9/11. Check out the book here! Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA. ------------------------------ Follow Dr. Graziano on Twitter Support Dissident Orthodoxy on Patreon Rate/Review Dissident Orthodoxy on Apple Podcasts Follow Casey's substack

Guest: Michael Graziano. We first talk with FFRF Associate Counsel Sam Grover about his incisive recent blog on how constitutional absolutism is literally killing us. Then, FFRF Communications Director Amit Pal interviews Professor Michael Graziano regarding his fascinating new book Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA.

#consciousness #awareness #AST #neurosceince #michaelgraziano Michael Graziano is an Author, scientist, professor of psychology, and neuroscience at Princeton University, his lab/research focuses on the brain basis of consciousness. The attention schema theory of consciousness proposes that an attention schema is like the ‘body schema'. Just like the brain constructs a simplified model of the body to help monitor and control movements of the body, so the brain constructs a simplified model of attention to help monitor and control attention. Information in that model, portraying an imperfect and simplified version of attention, leads the brain to conclude that it has a non-physical essence of awareness. He Posits Consciousness is informational & mechanistic in nature and not magical or mysterious, in theory when we have the technology to scan/upload our cognitive data onto a computer/avataar/robot/machine we will be able to transfer consciousness too. https://grazianolab.princeton.edu/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-graziano-0490188a links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_schema_theory https://youtu.be/2DWnvx1NYUA https://youtu.be/q_TyuQU7epQ https://youtu.be/CgFzmE2fGXA https://youtu.be/YWQnzylhgHc Watch our highest viewed videos: 1-India;s 1st Quantum Computer- https://youtu.be/ldKFbHb8nvQDR R VIJAYARAGHAVAN - PROF & PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AT TIFR 2-Breakthrough in Age Reversal- -https://youtu.be/214jry8z3d4DR HAROLD KATCHER - CTO NUGENICS RESEARCH 3-Head of Artificial Intelligence-JIO - https://youtu.be/q2yR14rkmZQShailesh Kumar 4-STARTUP FROM INDIA AIMING FOR LEVEL 5 AUTONOMY - SANJEEV SHARMA CEO SWAAYATT ROBOTS -https://youtu.be/Wg7SqmIsSew 5-TRANSHUMANISM & THE FUTURE OF MANKIND - NATASHA VITA-MORE: HUMANITY PLUS -https://youtu.be/OUIJawwR4PY 6-MAN BEHIND GOOGLE QUANTUM SUPREMACY - JOHN MARTINIS -https://youtu.be/Y6ZaeNlVRsE 7-1000 KM RANGE ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH ALUMINUM AIR FUEL BATTERIES - AKSHAY SINGHAL -https://youtu.be/cUp68Zt6yTI 8-Garima Bharadwaj Chief Strategist IoT & AI at Enlite Research -https://youtu.be/efu3zIhRxEY 9-BANKING 4.0 - BRETT KING FUTURIST, BESTSELLING AUTHOR & FOUNDER MOVEN -https://youtu.be/2bxHAai0UG0 10-E-VTOL & HYPERLOOP- FUTURE OF INDIA"S MOBILITY- SATYANARAYANA CHAKRAVARTHY -https://youtu.be/ZiK0EAelFYY 11-NON-INVASIVE BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE - KRISHNAN THYAGARAJAN -https://youtu.be/fFsGkyW3xc4 12-SATELLITES THE NEW MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR SPACE RACE - MAHESH MURTHY -https://youtu.be/UarOYOLUMGk Connect & Follow us at: https://in.linkedin.com/in/eddieavil https://in.linkedin.com/company/change-transform-india https://www.facebook.com/changetransformindia/ https://twitter.com/intothechange https://www.instagram.com/changetransformindia/ Listen to the Audio Podcast at: https://anchor.fm/transform-impossible https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-i-m-possibleid1497201007?uo=4 https://open.spotify.com/show/56IZXdzH7M0OZUIZDb5mUZ https://www.breaker.audio/change-i-m-possible https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMjg4YzRmMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Kindly Subscribe to CHANGE- I M POSSIBLE - youtube channel www.youtube.com/ctipodcast

Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin's Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA (U Chicago Press, 2021) investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like “Wild” Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power. Allison Isidore is the Assistant Director for the American Catholic Historical Association and is an Instructor of Record for the Religious Studies department at the University of Alabama. Her research interest is focused on the twentieth-century American Civil Rights Movement and the Catholic Church's response to racism and the participation of Catholic clergy, nuns, and laypeople in marches, sit-ins, and kneel-ins during the 1950s and 1960s. Allison is also a Video Editor for The Religious Studies Project, producing videos for the podcast and marketing team. She tweets from @AllisonIsidore1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin's Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA (U Chicago Press, 2021) investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like “Wild” Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power. Allison Isidore is the Assistant Director for the American Catholic Historical Association and is an Instructor of Record for the Religious Studies department at the University of Alabama. Her research interest is focused on the twentieth-century American Civil Rights Movement and the Catholic Church's response to racism and the participation of Catholic clergy, nuns, and laypeople in marches, sit-ins, and kneel-ins during the 1950s and 1960s. Allison is also a Video Editor for The Religious Studies Project, producing videos for the podcast and marketing team. She tweets from @AllisonIsidore1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin's Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA (U Chicago Press, 2021) investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like “Wild” Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power. Allison Isidore is the Assistant Director for the American Catholic Historical Association and is an Instructor of Record for the Religious Studies department at the University of Alabama. Her research interest is focused on the twentieth-century American Civil Rights Movement and the Catholic Church's response to racism and the participation of Catholic clergy, nuns, and laypeople in marches, sit-ins, and kneel-ins during the 1950s and 1960s. Allison is also a Video Editor for The Religious Studies Project, producing videos for the podcast and marketing team. She tweets from @AllisonIsidore1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin's Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA (U Chicago Press, 2021) investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like “Wild” Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power. Allison Isidore is the Assistant Director for the American Catholic Historical Association and is an Instructor of Record for the Religious Studies department at the University of Alabama. Her research interest is focused on the twentieth-century American Civil Rights Movement and the Catholic Church's response to racism and the participation of Catholic clergy, nuns, and laypeople in marches, sit-ins, and kneel-ins during the 1950s and 1960s. Allison is also a Video Editor for The Religious Studies Project, producing videos for the podcast and marketing team. She tweets from @AllisonIsidore1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security

Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin's Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA (U Chicago Press, 2021) investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like “Wild” Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power. Allison Isidore is the Assistant Director for the American Catholic Historical Association and is an Instructor of Record for the Religious Studies department at the University of Alabama. Her research interest is focused on the twentieth-century American Civil Rights Movement and the Catholic Church's response to racism and the participation of Catholic clergy, nuns, and laypeople in marches, sit-ins, and kneel-ins during the 1950s and 1960s. Allison is also a Video Editor for The Religious Studies Project, producing videos for the podcast and marketing team. She tweets from @AllisonIsidore1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin's Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA (U Chicago Press, 2021) investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like “Wild” Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power. Allison Isidore is the Assistant Director for the American Catholic Historical Association and is an Instructor of Record for the Religious Studies department at the University of Alabama. Her research interest is focused on the twentieth-century American Civil Rights Movement and the Catholic Church's response to racism and the participation of Catholic clergy, nuns, and laypeople in marches, sit-ins, and kneel-ins during the 1950s and 1960s. Allison is also a Video Editor for The Religious Studies Project, producing videos for the podcast and marketing team. She tweets from @AllisonIsidore1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's Errand into the Wilderness (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin's Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. Fittingly, Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA (U Chicago Press, 2021) investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like “Wild” Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In a practical sense, this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But more tellingly, Graziano shows, American intelligence officers were overly inclined to view powerful religions and religious figures through the frameworks of Catholicism. As Graziano makes clear, these misconceptions often led to tragedy and disaster on an international scale. By braiding the development of the modern intelligence agency with the story of postwar American religion, Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors delivers a provocative new look at a secret driver of one of the major engines of American power. Allison Isidore is the Assistant Director for the American Catholic Historical Association and is an Instructor of Record for the Religious Studies department at the University of Alabama. Her research interest is focused on the twentieth-century American Civil Rights Movement and the Catholic Church's response to racism and the participation of Catholic clergy, nuns, and laypeople in marches, sit-ins, and kneel-ins during the 1950s and 1960s. Allison is also a Video Editor for The Religious Studies Project, producing videos for the podcast and marketing team. She tweets from @AllisonIsidore1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Michael Graziano is an American scientist and novelist who is currently a professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University. His scientific research focuses on the brain basis of awareness. He has proposed the "attention schema" theory, an explanation of how, and for what adaptive advantage, brains attribute the property of awareness to themselves. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support

You've heard of the CIA, but did you know that they're just as interested in religion as we are? Join Dr. Michael Graziano and Jacob Noblett as they discuss the impact of the OSS and CIA's religion-oriented intelligence operations across the globe!

Brains arrive at the conclusion that they have an internal, subjective experience of things — an experience that is non-physical and inexplicable. How can such a thing be studied scientifically?That is just part of the mission behind Michael Graziano's lab. He is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at Princeton University, and the author of  “The Intelligent Movement Machine: An Ethological Perspective on the Primate Motor System”, “God Soul Mind Brain: A Neuroscientist's Reflections on the Spirit World”, and “Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience”, to name a few. Michael and Greg dive into consciousness, what we mean when we talk about schemas, how we inhabit our bodies, and the sophisticated attention that makes humans what we are. Episode Quotes:Theory of preserving bodies in the future:[00:59:41] It is kind of assumed in the futurism world, assumed that technology is forever and the human body is fragile. And so what you want to do is upload yourself into a machine or put your body into a robot and then you'll live forever or whatever the fantasy is. It is true that the exact opposite is what actually happens. That a human body, if taken care of properly lives 90 to 100 years. And your typical machine lasts 10 years. So actually the approach to technology would have to change also. If you want this kind of longevity that people are looking for. Because the machine world is actually not a long lived world. Machines break a lot faster than biological bodies break, at least right now they do.Question of consciousness:[00:49:19] I think I'm a little unusual. Because most people think the question of consciousness is a question of philosophy. And it is that partly. I think it's a question of technology and the immediate near term future of technology. That's what the question of consciousness really is right now. Humans & theory of mind:[00:36:16] There are different views on this, here's what I think. Humans are hyper social. Our success as a species, our world dominance, rests entirely on our amazing, intuitive ability to guess what someone else is thinking. So theory of mind or building models of other people's minds. Without that, we're nothing, we're just separate animals. With that, we're civilization.How the brain constructs models:[00:30:45] The brain constructs models that are useful. It does not construct models that are literally accurate. Like that's not the point. Evolution does not give us models that are literally accurate to edify us with scientific accuracy, no. Evolution shapes, models that are useful.Show Links:Guest Profile:Faculty Profile at Princeton Neuroscience InstituteMichael Graziano on LinkedinMichael Graziano on TEDxCornellUniversityHis work:Graziano LabRethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience The Spaces Between Us: A Story of Neuroscience, Evolution, and Human NatureConsciousness and the Social BrainDeath My Own WayGod Soul Mind Brain: A Neuroscientist's Reflections on the Spirit WorldThe Divine FarceThe Love Song of MonkeyThe Intelligent Movement Machine: An Ethological Perspective on the Primate Motor SystemThe Last Notebook of Leonardo (LeapKids)Squiggle (LeapKids)Billy and the Birdfrogs

What role has religion played in the CIA's missions around the world? Dr. Michael Graziano, author of Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA, joins us to share captivating stories about religion in America's Central Intelligence Agency. We explore how the CIA set out to understand religious traditions across the globe in their fight against Soviet communism, what happened when the CIA profoundly misunderstood how religion functions throughout the world, and how the CIA's ideas about Islam have changed in the 21st century.

I sat down with Michael Graziano to talk about his book Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors which investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious world-views of the early moulders of the CIA. We discuss how the religious studies of the time (both in the academy and in popular culture) shaped the CIA's view of and approach to religion - particularly the developing World Religions Paradigm. Along the way we discuss American exceptionalism, shifting attitudes to Catholicism, and the strongly held belief within the CIA that a religious person would always, ultimately, side with the good ol' USofA. Buy the bookMichael Graziano is Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Northern Iowa. His research focuses on the relationship between religion, law, and government in the United States. In particular, how the U.S. government decides what counts as “religious,” and how it chooses to engage religious people, ideas, and institutions. Visit his websiteFind more episodesFollow the show: @RinseRepeatPod // Follow me: @liammiller87

WATCH: https://youtu.be/ Michael Graziano is a scientist and novelist who is currently a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University. He's a best-selling author and has written several books including "Consciousness and the Social Brain", "Re-thinking Consciousness", "The Spaces Between Us", and much more. His scientific research focuses on the brain basis of awareness and he has proposed the "attention schema theory" (AST) - a scientific theory of subjective experience. EPISODE LINKS: - Michael's Website: https://grazianolab.princeton.edu/ - Michael's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-S.-A.-Graziano/e/B001JS3WKW?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 - TED-ed "What is consciousness?": https://youtu.be/MASBIB7zPo4 - TED-ed "Uploading our minds": https://youtu.be/2DWnvx1NYUA - TEDx "Consciousness & the Social Brain: https://youtu.be/Zjak6YgCVdc CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com/podcast - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (0:19) - What is consciousness? (2:39) - Attention vs awareness (5:50) - Subjectivity & phenomenal consciousness (9:20) - Evolution of consciousness (10:31) - Animal consciousness (18:01) - Alien minds (21:55) - Human consciousness (21:14) - Attention schema theory (AST) (28:10) - Panpsychism, theory of mind (32:27) - Extramission (41:17) - Autistic spectrum (43:27) - IIT, GWT, & AST (48:29) - Cartesian dualism (51:41) - Why consciousness? (57:15) - Illusionism (1:00:38) - Rubber-hand illusion (1:03:59) - Hemi-spatial neglect (1:06:05) - Split brains (1:12:28) - Uploading minds (1:16:42) - Virtual realities (1:19:28) - Philosophical zombies (1:21:49) - Psychological zombies (1:26:28) - Social media (1:27:29) - Graziano lab (1:28:29) - Creating AI (1:30:53) - Arguments against AST (1:32:32) - Conclusion Website · YouTube

WATCH: https://youtu.be/ Michael Graziano is a scientist and novelist who is currently a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University. He's a best-selling author and has written several books including "Consciousness and the Social Brain", "Re-thinking Consciousness", "The Spaces Between Us", and much more. His scientific research focuses on the brain basis of awareness and he has proposed the "attention schema theory" (AST) - a scientific theory of subjective experience. EPISODE LINKS: - Michael's Website: https://grazianolab.princeton.edu/ - Michael's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-S.-A.-Graziano/e/B001JS3WKW?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 - TED-ed "What is consciousness?": https://youtu.be/MASBIB7zPo4 - TED-ed "Uploading our minds": https://youtu.be/2DWnvx1NYUA - TEDx "Consciousness & the Social Brain: https://youtu.be/Zjak6YgCVdc CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com/podcast - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (0:19) - What is consciousness? (2:39) - Attention vs awareness (5:50) - Subjectivity & phenomenal consciousness (9:20) - Evolution of consciousness (10:31) - Animal consciousness (18:01) - Alien minds (21:55) - Human consciousness (21:14) - Attention schema theory (AST) (28:10) - Panpsychism, theory of mind (32:27) - Extramission (41:17) - Autistic spectrum (43:27) - IIT, GWT, & AST (48:29) - Cartesian dualism (51:41) - Why consciousness? (57:15) - Illusionism (1:00:38) - Rubber-hand illusion (1:03:59) - Hemi-spatial neglect (1:06:05) - Split brains (1:12:28) - Uploading minds (1:16:42) - Virtual realities (1:19:28) - Philosophical zombies (1:21:49) - Psychological zombies (1:26:28) - Social media (1:27:29) - Graziano lab (1:28:29) - Creating AI (1:30:53) - Arguments against AST (1:32:32) - Conclusion Website · YouTube

00:01:38 What’s the current state of consciousness research? Why there is a surprising amount of progress?00:09:10 Is the rise of the Homo Sapiens connected to the changes in consciousness?00:11:43 How does the ‘attention schema’ work that Michael puts forward?00:15:22 How will machine intelligence adopt consciousness?00:21:28 What will it take to give self-driving cars consciousness?00:27:37 Is consciousness and Free Will an illusion? Does it matter for Prof. Graziano’s research?00:40:41 Where do the models for our brain come from? How can we be born with it despite the rather small data size of the DNA?00:45:20 When will brain uploading be possible? Will it be possible at all?00:53:03 What would happen to our consciousness when we multiply it?01:03:03 Is the time speed of time related to our consciousness? What is the neurosciences of time? How can we travel to deep space?01:08:58 Why does the structure of the DNA and computer code so strikingly similar?01:11:11 Does the structure of our consciousness indicate that we are ‘living in a simulation’? Is there a real reality? You may watch this episode on Youtube – #66 Michael Graziano (Can we decode consciousness soon?). Michael Graziano is a scientist and novelist and currently is professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University. Michael is the author of several books including Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience and Consciousness and the Social Brain.

Michael shares his story of traveling the world, how he was able to finance his adventure, some of his favorite moments, many lessons along the way, and what advice he would pass along to others who want to pursue a dream. He also talks about his next chapter with Mindful Media and how he is taking the experiences learned working with media companies to now help organizations gain valuable exposure for their efforts to make a difference. Visit www.mindfulmediapr.com to learn more about Michael Graziano and Mindful Media.Listen / Watch more positive media at www.cityCURRENT.com

10 days before the world shut down Michael Graziano finished 6 years of traveling to 193 out of 193 UN nations!  He’s the youngest Canadian American man to do it! According to the UN masters list, only 270 people in history have managed to make it to every sovereign nation in the world.  You should check out his Instagram!  He says body language is universal and make sure to hang with the locals!  Find out how he financed this adventure, landed up on Good Morning America and the Discovery Network, what challenges he faced, and the lessons he learned along the way!  Would he do it all over again?  Find out on the Better Call Daddy: The Safe Space For Controversy!Connect with Michael Graziano https://instagram.com/globaldegree?igshid=3f9csyeq9puw If you liked this episode please subscribe, share, and leave a review www.podchaser.com/bettercalldaddy 

PR is a great way to build your brand and reputation, but how do you tell your story in a way that is interesting and not self indulgent?   In this episode Sam speaks with Michael Graziano of Mindful Media as he shares the secrets to a successful PR strategy; as well as how to get free promotion for your business.   Guide to the Key Takeaways   72 months, 193 countries and all by the age of 30 – Michael’s origin story (1.23 – 4.11) How much money do you really need to achieve your lifestyle goals? (4.12 – 5.54) The beauty of solo travel to truly understand who you are (5.55 – 8.37) The transition from full time traveller to leading a PR company (8.38 – 11.22) The speed of mindfulness and impact on business (11.23 to 16.50) Expectations that consumers now demand of business (16.51 – 20.59) Why every business needs a PR focus (21.00 – 24.24) Crossroads of humanity and the impact one person can make (24.25 – 25.02) Finding the right media forums and stories to gain leverage (25.03 – 27.30) Becoming an influencer with credibility and authority (27.31 – 29.36) How to tell your story in a way that is interesting and not self-indulgent (29.37 – 36.09) How trauma can be a catalyst for monumental growth (36.10 – 36.43) The shift from traditional media to the digital format (36.44 – 40.46) How to cut through the noise and differentiate yourself (40.47 – 52.52) Tips for choosing a PR firm to work with (43.00 – 45.14) How to contact Michael Graziano (45.15 – end)

Rachel and Hiiro get global with Michael Graziano, who became the youngest Canadian and American man to visit every UN nation this past year... JUST before Covid became a 'thing'. Michael shares his life lessons and reflections from his 6 years of nonstop globe trotting. He has continued his initiative, helping other youth and adult post secondary students to travel abroad while studying remotely, therefore getting their Global Degrees! At the end of his 6 years of constant travel he presented at TEDxOxford in the UK and now utilizes his skills and experiences with PR and marketing with his new company, Mindful Media.Michael's a Vancouver, BC based entrepreneur and is taking the PR industry by the reigns as he has had extensive, personal partnerships with Forbes Magazine, the Discovery Channel, HuffPost and many more popular media outlets.Oh and Rachel just happened to date Michael's big bro way back when, in high school!Michael's Links:Global Degree WebsiteGlobal Degree on Instagram (@globaldegree)Global Degree on Facebook (@GlobalDegreeTV)Mindful Media WebsiteMindful Media on Instagram (@mindfulmediapr)Michael's TEDxOxford TalkGetting Jewcy Links:Watch the Episode on YouTubeInstagram (@getting_jewcy)Facebook (@gettingjewcy)

Michael Graziano theorizes how our consciousness works and what it means for the future of human and artificial intelligence. This talk was filmed at TEDxCornellUniversity. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.ted.com/tedxshorts. Follow TEDx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEDx Follow TEDx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedx_official Like TEDx on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxEvents

This week I chatted with Michael of Newly all about their supply chain: everything Newly sells is made from 100% recycled materials. Listen to us talk about how Newly sources recycled glass, wood, acrylic, and more from all around the world. Michael and I also chatted in depth about clean energy and why the world needs to invest in that now rather than later.Use code SOP15 for 15% off your next purchase at Newly! If you haven't yet, enter in our giveaway for an acrylic tray by Newly- check out both our post on Instagram.Here is the video of how Newly manufactures their recycled glass.Thanks Reel Paper for sponsoring this episode. We are so thankful for the support. Use code SOP25 for 25% off your next purchase of Reel Paper- toilet paper made with 100% bamboo and packaging made of paper (no plastic!).Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/sustainabilityof)

Welcome to Season 2! Let us know what you think of our new intro and outro music. We're so excited about it. This week I chatted with Michael of Newly all about their business model: everything Newly sells is made from 100% recycled materials. We chatted all about their supply chain practices and the most difficult parts of founding the business. Stay tuned for next week's part 2, all about sustainability throughout their supply chain. Use code SOP15 for 15% off your next purchase at Newly! If you haven't yet, enter in our giveaway for an acrylic tray by Newly- check out both our post on Instagram.Thanks Reel Paper for sponsoring this episode. We are so thankful for the support. Use code SOP25 for 25% off your next purchase of Reel Paper- toilet paper made with 100% bamboo and packaging made of paper (no plastic!).Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/sustainabilityof)

Michael Graziano recently became the youngest Canadian to visit all 193 sovereign nations as recognized by the United Nations. Inspired by his travels he founded the Global Degree Academy - a travel/study program that allows students to gain valuable life experience through travel while taking advantage of online degrees through top universities. Upon returning from his trip, his entrepreneurial spirit led him to found his new company Mindful Media PR - a public relations agency that works with mindful individuals and brands focused on leading their industries and communities towards a better future. https://www.mindfulmediapr.com/ https://globaldegreeacademy.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/GlobalDegreeTV

When I thought about starting this podcast Michael was at the top of my list of people to speak with. I thoroughly enjoyed his book, "The Spaces Between Us." Reading it from a Polyagal lens I could not help but make many connections......I hope you do too!Please enjoy this incredibly interesting discussion with Micheal Graziano, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at Princeton University, author of both novels and science books, his most recent book is Rethinking Consciousness.In this episode, you will learn about:Peripersonal neurons processing the space about our body like a layer of bubble wrapMulti-sensory neurons in the motor strip of the brain....what!A subconscious neural system with sophisticated computational processing for visual auditory and tactile stimuli moving toward the body triggering defensive responses to protect it.........what happens if these computations are inaccurate?The vestibular system .... "acts as a glue to bind the senses together- without it- those neurons may not be able to build their properties correctly. You wouldn't know where you are with respect to the world or where objects are with respect to you- the peripersonal mechanism would be crippled." Spatial boundaries and body schema in relation to processing self to the environment.How stress impacts the startle reflex and rethinking the startle as a social messaging system.How our peripersonal space expands to encompass the tools we use....eating utensils, writing implements, hammers........what happens when this system crashes!Evolution of the smileHow our emotions impact the protective bubble about our bodiesThe devastating social impact of Dyspraxia, which is the difficulty coordinating the body in spaceTo find out more about Michael- https://pni.princeton.edu/faculty/michael-grazianoBooks by Michael- https://www.amazon.com/Michael-S-A-Graziano/e/B001JS3WKW

Michael Graziano is professor of Psychology and Neurology at Princeton University. His work focuses on awareness, and he has been working on a theory of consciousness for the past ten years. His theory is called the Attention Schema Theory of consciousness, which takes a brain-based approach to the problem of consciousness. In this episode we discuss his latest book, Rethinking Consciousness. We talk about consciousness, artificial intelligence, simulations, the reality of God, and much more. Graziano LabThe Atlantic - Articles—— JOIN THE CONVERSATION——Keep the conversation going in the comment section at the bottom of the episode page: Michael Graziano——HOW TO SUPPORT THE SHOW——Donate to our patreon account. Rate and Review us wherever you listen to podcasts.Share the podcast with your friends.—— REACH OUT——Email us : Contact page Host: @HaydenSBruce @PragmaticChrist

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Michael Graziano, author of Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory Of Subjective Experience, Published in September by Norton. Michael is professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton. He has written four other neuroscience books and his work has appeared in The Atlantic, NYT, Huffington Post and many other periodicals. His lab at Princeton focuses on a theory, a theory labelled The Attention Schema. Rethinking Conscious explores the world in which we live and how that world is represented in our mind. It is not only the perception of reality but our perception of that perception that drives the experience which we call consciousness. Neurons fire, the ones that fire like warriors drive our attention and thus give rise to the idea that we exist and that we are paying attention to something or other.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Michael Graziano, author of Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory Of Subjective Experience, Published in September by Norton. Michael is professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton. He has written four other neuroscience books and his work has appeared in The Atlantic, NYT, Huffington Post and many other periodicals. His lab at Princeton focuses on a theory, a theory labelled The Attention Schema. Rethinking Conscious explores the world in which we live and how that world is represented in our mind. It is not only the perception of reality but our perception of that perception that drives the experience which we call consciousness. Neurons fire, the ones that fire like warriors drive our attention and thus give rise to the idea that we exist and that we are paying attention to something or other.

How does our focused attention relate to what we call “consciousness”? What types of attention are out there, and what are the functions of each type? Professor Michael Graziano explores this and more in his book Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience. Author Michael Graziano is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton … Continue reading "239: Michael Graziano | Attention Schema Theory And Subjective Awareness In “Rethinking Consciousness”" The post 239: Michael Graziano | Attention Schema Theory And Subjective Awareness In “Rethinking Consciousness” appeared first on The Armen Show.

Jeremy exposes the growing threat of drug-resistant bacteria known as Superbugs and discusses antibiotic resistance with Michael Graziano.http://parabnormalradio.com/2019/11/30/ep-342-rise-of-the-superbugs-michael-graziano/

This episode is an interview with Dr. Michael Graziano, author of Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience. We discuss how his Attention Schema Theory compliments several current theories and how it answers the question of how the brain generates subjective experience ("qualia").   Links and References: Please visit http://brainsciencepodcast.com for references and episode transcripts. Announcements:   Please complete a brief audience survey. Send email to brainsciencepodcast@gmail.com or post voice feedback at http://speakpipe.com/docartemis. To win an Amazon gift certificate: post a review of Brain Science in iTunes and send me a screenshot. Learn about Premium Content at http://brainsciencepodcast.com/donations Learn about Dr. Campbell's new coaching efforts at http://brainsciencepodcast.com/coaching Sign up for the free Brain Science Newsletter to get show notes automatically every month. Check out the free Brain Science Mobile app for iOS, Android, and Windows. Please Visit Our Sponsors: TextExpander BetterHelp Connect on Social Media: Twitter: @docartemis Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/brainsciencepodcast

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Michael Graziano is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University. His scientific research focuses on the brain basis of awareness. He has proposed the "attention schema" theory, an explanation of how, and for what adaptive advantage, brains attribute the property of awareness to themselves. His previous work focused on how the cerebral cortex monitors the space around the body and controls movement within that space. Notably he has suggested that the classical map of the body in motor cortex, the homunculus, is not correct and is better described as a map of complex actions that make up the behavioral repertoire. He's also the author of 13 books, including Consciousness and the Social Brain (2013), and The Spaces Between Us: A Story of Neuroscience, Evolution, and Human Nature (2018). In this episode, we focus our conversation on the topic of consciousness. Basically, what is consciousness, from a scientific perspective, and its relationship to other cognitive components of our brains. Also, the interplay between attention, awareness, and consciousness. The evolutionary relevance of consciousness for social species, and theory of mind. How we can tackle the hard problem of consciousness. “Illusionism”, or consciousness as an illusion of the mind. And, finally, we address the current limitations in studying consciousness in other animals; if we are close to create conscious AI; and also António Damásio's proposal to the wat consciousness is build up from lower-order neurological processes. Time Links: 00:53 What is consciousness? 02:50 Are there different components to consciousness? 05:00 The relationship between consciousness and other cognitive processes 07:18 The importance of attention 08:56 Conscious and unconscious processes 11:52 Attention and awareness 13:59 Awareness and consciousness 21:06 The evolutionary and social relevance of consciousness 24:19 Consciousness and theory of mind 26:50 About social insects and consciousness 28:58 Is there group consciousness? 30:19 The hard problem of consciousness 33:52 Consciousness as an illusion 36:21 Consciousness in other animals 39:04 Can we create conscious AI? 40:29 António Damásio's approach to consciousness 44:33 Follow Dr. Graziano's work! -- Follow Dr. Graziano's work: Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/y8j68f5u Website: http://www.princeton.edu/~graziano/ -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: h

In this episode, Lance and Michael talk about expressing gratitude for travel! Michael guides the conversation on dealing with misconceptions of travel. He explains the value of meeting new people and experiencing the different cultures of these various nations. In visiting these nations and experiencing cultures, he has also done charity and volunteer work by teaming up with local sponsors.Michael Graziano attempts to be the youngest Canadian to visit every UN nation in the world. Graduating with what he calls the “Global degree.” Over the past 5 years he has been over 120 nations through America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. He’ll be visiting the remainder of the nations this year. His videos have been viewed more than 75 million times with an engaged audience of 1 million travelers from all around the world. He has also founded Global Degree Academy which facilitates student group travel while completing online courses. Michael tells listeners: “You need courage to ask for big things and you need the gratitude to receive them. If you have gratitude, people feel good giving you thing and they will do everything in their power to give you things. If you don’t have gratitude, people don’t’ feel good giving you things and they’ll do nothing in their power to give you more.” In this episode, you will learn:About travel misconceptions and the value of other culturesWhat it means to be a Global degree holder The power of CommunityHow different experiences teach peopleConnect with Michael Graziano:Follow Michael on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube Visit Global Degree AcademyConnect with Lance:Subscribe on Messenger to get the latest episodes and tips straight to your inbox!Connect with Lance on Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. About University of Adversity PodcastLearn how to overcome failure and tragedy, while becoming your best self with the University of Adversity podcast. Join your host Lance Essihos as he interviews successful individuals that have fought the hard battles to overcome life’s obstacles. Lance started the University of Adversity podcast after overcoming his own adversities shared in episode 01.Join him and thousands of other entrepreneurs in learning how to use Adversity as a fuel to ignite your inner flame and live the life you have always desired. Tune in weekly for a dose of positivity, strength, and real-life practical advice to achieve your life goals.Support the show (https://www.lanceessihos.com/)

I first met Michael Graziano at Flight Centre Canada's head office in Vancouver, BC (my former place of employment). For three years we sponsored his show, Global Degree, simply because it was one of the most inspiring and entertaining initiatives we'd seen in a long time.What is a Global Degree?The concept of the show is both simple and outrageously ambitious - Michael is on a mission to travel to every country in the world. His drive to achieve this goal is rooted in his desire to improve the post-secondary education experience, hence the name Global Degree.He has already made his way to 106 countries, capturing the excitement, and most importantly, the enlightenment that travel brings each of its pursuers. I've watched him tear down walls of ignorance, find friends in the unlikeliest of places and fearlessly cross borders some of us wouldn't even dream of approaching.If that isn't impressive enough, Global Degree has managed to build a social media community of more than 1,000,000 followers, and their videos have a collective view count of over 70 million. More Than a Milestone He is also no stranger to public speaking, with international engagements under his belt that include the impressive Hostelworld Conference held in Dublin, Ireland in 2015. His ability to unforgivingly forgo society's standards for an acceptable career path is resulting in an upgrade that our outdated education system desperately needs. His mission is not only share-worthy, it's revolutionary for today's youth.      The Global Degree Academy Michael Graziano's influence extends far outside the realm of social media. He bravely took on a project most would have written off as an impossible feat and built the Global Degree Academy, making it feasible for anyone to earn a post-secondary education while traveling to every country in the world. Don't believe me? I'll leave it to Michael to explain...    Michael Graziano's Book Recommendations Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World -- and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles Want to continue following Michael's journey? Find him on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.  A

My guest this episode is Dr. Michael Graziano, Professor of Psychology at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute where he runs a lab and studies the brain basis of consciousness. He earned his PhD at PRINCETON UNIVERSITY... The post Episode 19: The Evolution of Consciousness and the Attention Schema Theory with Dr. Michael Graziano appeared first on The Consciousness Podcast.

Issues of returning learners and how to support them. Get daily, curated headlines of interest to A&P teachers. What are peripersonal neurons, and why should we care? Peripersonal neurons monitor our environment. Daily headlines for A&P teachers. Supporting learners coming back to school. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Life loves the liver of it (Maya Angelou)   (0:49) Several areas of the brain monitor your personal space—also called the peripersonal space (PPS). The peripersonal neurons each monitor one small "bubble" of our PPS. Michael Graziano explains Peripersonal Neurons (episode 142 from the Brain Science podcast) The Spaces Between Us: A Story of Neuroscience, Evolution, and Human Nature (Graziano's book) Peripersonal space in the brain (nice review article from the journal Neuropsychologia) Illusion makes people ‘feel' force field around their body (article from New Scientist)   (11:57) A simple analogy can help students remember a recurring principle about cell behavior involving important ions. nuzzel.com/theAPprofessor (direct link)   (13:07) Returning learners in anatomy and physiology courses often come to use with some anxiety. How can we support them? Help significant others help YOU (a brief blog post for students; link to this from your course webpage, learning management system, and/or syllabus) Use shortened link: my-ap.us/rgNZ27 If the hyperlinks above are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

MIchael Graziano is a powerful leader guiding people into their purposeful expression. Michael is the founder of Global Degree - to graduate with a Global Degree, you must visit every UN nation in the world. There are currently 193 UN member states. It's the idea that you can receive a real-world education from connections and experiences through travel. Gaining a true world view by exposing your self to actually viewing the world   Michael is also a great teacher on presence, flow state and living in ones highest excitement. Halfway through the interview Michael is leading a small meditation that will guide you into a powerful awareness to choose your life's highest purpose and truth. 

BS 142 is an interview with neuroscientist Michael Graziano about his latest book The Spaces Between Us: A Story of Neuroscience, Evolution, and Human Nature. We explore the discovery of peripersonal neurons and discover how deeply they are imbedded in our daily lives. For show notes and complete transcripts go to http://brainsciencepodcast.com Send email to brainsciencepodcast@gmail.com or submit audio feedback at http://speakpipe.com/docartemis. This episode will be discussed on the Brain Science Podcast Fan Page via Facebook live on  Thursday April 12 at 8PM Central Time.

In this episode, I talk to Michael Graziano from Global Degree. Global Degree has a unique concept: To graduate with a Global Degree, you must visit every UN nation in the world. There are currently 193 UN member states. The idea that you can receive a real-world education from connections and experiences through travel.   Visit Global Degree on Youtube.

On this episode of the Sustainable Dish Podcast, I speak with Michael Graziano about school lunch programs in the United States, and the public health threat of antibiotic resistance and the creation of superbugs.

Executive Director of Bingham Camp Theater Retreat, Michael Graziano, is now using his talent and reputation to lead Bingham Camp Theater Retreat, alongside Creative Director, Devenand Janki. He sits with me to talk about how he plans to lead this new group, and how he fits into and fosters the conversation of diversity in the theater. About Bingham Camp Theater Retreat: http://www.binghamcamptheatreretreat.org/ Keith Price's Curtain Call: www.keithpricecurtaincall.com Follow @keithpricecurtaincall on Instagram Follow @kpcurtaincall @comedydaddy on Twitter Like Me on FB: https://www.facebook.com/Keith-Prices-Curtain-Call-1380539615593807/

Advances in physical sciences, biology, and neuroscience have dramatically enhanced our knowledge of the human species. But can physical sciences solve the biggest mystery the emergence of human consciousness? A distinguished panel of experts, including David Chalmers, PhD, Michael Graziano, PhD, Hod Lipson, PhD, and Max Tegmark, PhD, will discuss in this new podcast. Scientific American's George Musser moderates. This podcast features audio from the fourth event in our series, The Physics of Everything.

ENGLISH: I’ve talked to four of the most inspiring travel bloggers, YouTubers and podcasters. In this episode I talk to Michael Graziano from Global Degree.

Dr. Michael Graziano is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton university, and the author of several books on consciousness and countless peer reviewed articles. He is also a composer,... The post TFPP 031: Professor Michael Graziano- A New theory of Consciousness appeared first on Flowstate Collective.

Guest Michael Graziano, producer and director of the film, Resistance which describes the history of antibiotics and how we are moving towards a post-antibiotic era, largely due to misuse in livestock productionResistance the Film