“I Probably Shouldn’t Have Touched Consciousness” | Roger Penrose

At 94 years of age, this guy is sort of a spiritual grandfather to the Faggin/Kastrup scientists of consciousness.

He’s a self-confessed Physicalist (post-physicalist?), but not stupid about it, which is a pretty rare thing in my explorations of these subjects.

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On Saturday and Sunday I began bootstrapping out of the depressed haze with targeted actions and a kind of conviction.

On Monday I backslid even deeper into it–I essentially slept off and on for a whole day. I wasn’t tired, but I was–chilled, from the inside out.

It is now the bleeding edge of a new Tuesday and I’m working again. By which I mean: I’m typing this, among other things. I’m listening to the Essentia stuff instead of complete filler garbage about dumb evil war or football or anything like that. I just roasted one batch of regular and one of unleaded (I mean decaf), and it’s the first home roasting I’ve completed in weeks.

The next targets are getting back to real cooking and wiping out the April bills in one go if possible. On a trash day. While completing as much of the complex daily energy ritual as I can manage as one poor and aging individual whose heart nevertheless continues to beat strong against the odds.