Conscious Robots: If We Really Had Free Will, What Would We Do All Day?

"Easy to understand and persuasive", "Lives up to all the hype", "An absolutely necessary book", "Should be taught in schools", "Dynamite, this is a brilliant book


107 minutes to change the way you think about everything.

In March 2017, Jeff Bezos announced he'd be spending $1 billion a year of his $75 billion Amazon fortune on the Blue Origin Space Rocket company.

Which suggests he hasn't read Conscious Robots. By reading, you will discover:

Why we’re so convinced that we’re in charge when we’re really just carrying out evolution’s instructions.

How "being a robot" explains why life, as Buddha suggested, is "inherently unsatisfactory", despite our luxurious homes, successful careers and loving families.

What taking a "happy pill" would feel like - it's more than just a mild sedative.

When heroin is a friend, and when it is a foe.

How humans will one day take control of their conscious minds, get happy and stay happy (provided someone has spent $75 billion on neurochemical research).

It won't be free will, but it will be what we would do with free will if we really had it.

Praise for Conscious Robots:

"One of the closest-to-the-truth arguments I have read in a while."
"Tells it like it is with no punches pulled."
"Offers another resolution of the Fermi Paradox that made me smile."
"A unique, concise argument."
"Bad-Ass."