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Kristin Lin

Kristin Lin

The New York Times

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Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness

Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness

Pollan, a science writer, spent five years trying to understand how consciousness worked. The more he learned, the weirder things got.

31.03.2026 5

The New York Times

Kristin Lin

This Question Can Change Your Life

Drawing on a Buddhist meditation, the writer Stephen Batchelor asks: What is this?

02.01.2026 20

The New York Times

Kristin Lin