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Are you sleepwalking now? Mind-wandering and autonomy

48 mins | Jan 31, 2018

Given how little control we have of our wandering minds, how can we cultivate real mental autonomy? The mind is far more wayward than we might think. Thomas Metzinger, writing in Aeon magazine, explores the edges of self-awareness.

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