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."