A World Appears by Michael Pollan

"Pollan’s real genius—the word is not too strong—remains intact. That is his uncanny ability to scent the direction in which the culture is headed. He did it with food and psychedelics, and now, though A World Appears focuses on AI only intermittently, he has done it again." —Charles Finch, The Atlantic

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, a panoptic exploration of consciousness—what it is, who has it, and why—and a meditation on the essence of our humanity.

Here is a link to a review: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/16/a-world-appears-by-michael-pollan-review-a-kaleidoscopic-exploration-of-consciousness?CMP=share_btn_url