"When thousands of cars slowly edge their way through London, we call that a traffic jam, but it doesn't create some great Londonian consciousness that hovers high above Piccadilly and says to itself, "Blimey, I feel jammed!" When millions of people sell billions of shares, we call it an economic crisis, but no great Wall Street spirit grumbles, "Shit, I feel I am in crisis." When trillions of water molecules coalesce in the sky we call it a cloud, but no cloud consciousness emerges to announce, "I feel rainy." How is it, then, that when billions of electric signals move around in my brain, a mind emerges that feels "I am furious!"? As of 2018, we have absolutely no idea." - Yuval Noah Harrari
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