Essays

What is the self — and what happens when it dissolves? Explore the neuroscience of the Default Mode Network and what happens when this self-referential brain system goes quiet during meditation, psychedelics, or mystical experience.

What happens in the brain during mystical experience? Explore the neuroscience behind states of transcendence, unity, and the dissolution of boundaries — and what they reveal about consciousness itself.

AI systems are becoming more capable — but do we understand what we’re building? Explore the intersection of the hard problem of consciousness and the alignment problem, and why solving one may require solving the other.

What happens when the language of quantum physics begins to sound like ancient contemplative wisdom? Explore the surprising convergence between modern physics and mystical traditions — and what it means for our understanding of reality.