The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Here are some books that pop bubbles, but must be read with humility to avoid becoming its own new bubble, as the world is complex and contains contradictions: Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma Ayn Rand's the Fountainhead Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics Julian Jaynes's the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Iain McGilchrist's the Master and his Emmisary Varlam Sharlamov's the Kolyma Tales Jacques Ellul's Propaganda: the Formation of Men's Attitudes (or alternatively Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death)

"The Origin of Consciousness", Jaynes "The Book of Mormon", Smith

Some recent ones I've really enjoyed: The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind - Julian Jaynes; And: Phenomenology of the End - Franco Berardi; The True Believer - Eric Hoffer; I See Satan Fall Like Lightning - Rene Girard; Surplus Enjoyment - Slavoy Zizek; Dionysus, Christ, and the Death of God - Giuseppe Fornari Phenomenology of the End in particular blew my mind.

That's two books, but: The man who mistook his wife for a hat - Oliver Sacks The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind - Julian Jaynes

Snow Crash - Convincing possible future dominated by media, corporations, computers, and drugs. The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind - Fascinating delve into, among other things, why Homer is boring but gets better, prehistoric art in early human cultures, schizophrenia, and perception and the points it breaks down. (I work in VR games so take with a grain of salt)

"The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" by Julian Jaynes It was the first time I read someone who was thinking about the mind like I am and was able to put into words some of my own more vague thoughts. It's definitely going to leave you thinking.

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind - Julian Jaynes Wholeness and the Implicate Order - David Bohm

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Consciousness-Breakdown-Bicamer... (http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Consciousness-Breakdown-Bicameral-Mind/dp/0618057072) I found it on this list: http://spacecollective.org/wilfriedhoujebek/4076/Summery-Boo... (http://spacecollective.org/wilfriedhoujebek/4076/Summery-Books-Too-Far-Out-For-Johnny-Depp) Where also the following books some of which I read to (Vehicles is really good) can be found: The White Goddess - Robert Graves Graves' grammar of poetic myth works at so many levels at the same time that I can't keep track of them all. This is not a book, this is a neurosis you can borrow. Druidic power to the nerds. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind - Julian Jaynes…

"The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind"– Julian Jaynes http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Consciousness-Breakdown-Bicamer... (http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Consciousness-Breakdown-Bicameral-Mind/dp/0618057072) Either the theory is crazy or it's one of the most groundbreaking discoveries in newer history.

Julian Jaynes, Origin of Consciousness in The Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind ~ edifying implications about human nature

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, by Julian Jaynes, is the best book I've read this year. It profoundly changed the way I look at things. I also found Sperm Wars to be very enlightening, ditto Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer.

The Emergence of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes. A mind blowing explanation of consciousness. The jury is still out with most critics considering this wrong -- but nevertheless, it's an amazingly detailed (and well supported) theory of where consciousness, gods, schizophrenia etc come from.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying & The Sound and the Fury Julian Jaynes' The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Peter Medawar's The Art of the Soluable Designed by Peter Saville Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols Bloom County Babylon