The author Will Self and I appeared on stage together to discuss life, death, and what makes good writing.
From the Blog
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Synesthesia lecture at the University of Sydney
Interested in synesthesia? Watch a lecture I gave at the University of Sydney in Australia.
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The Brain and the Now
I recently spoke at the Long Now Foundation's 20th anniversary event.
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Why I am a Possibilian
Our ignorance of the cosmos is too vast to commit to atheism, and yet we know too much to commit to a particular religion. A third position, agnosticism, is often an uninteresting stance in which a person simply questions whether his traditional religious story is true or not true. I call myself a possibilian. Find out why.
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Philip Pullman
I've had the good fortune to collaborate on stage a couple of times with author Philip Pullman.
In other news...
Guggenheim Fellowship
David has been named a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. He will use the fellowship opportunity to pursue the genetics and neuroimaging of synesthesia.
Book of the Week
Sum was selected as Book of the Week by both The Guardian newspaper and The Week newsmagazine.
6 Ways the Internet Will Save Civilization
Read David's new article in Wired magazine: "Apocalyse? No. Six Ways the Internet Will Save Civilization"
