Janker

I find it hard to discuss consciousness without first trying to come of a definition of it. Is self-awareness a condition for consciousness, or even the ability to contemplate consciousness? That being said I liked "the hidden spring" by Mark Solms which puts emotion at the core of consciousness. A very interesting premise that seems to be backed up by research (though I don't know nearly enough of it to evaluate). This allows for a much broader concept of consciousness and consciousness as a spectrum, which fits better with my own beliefs :)

The constant conflation of block chain and bitcoin makes the article tiresome. Furthermore the author seems only to propose "everyone uses it" use cases. Imo the most useful use cases are distributed ledgers used between companies who know each other...

Even though it provides an interesting take on some flavours of historical timekeeping it disregards many others - water clocks, candle clocks and hourglasses were (imperfect) manmade constructions to fix timeframes. Evolutions in accuracy of these tools mostly just map societal needs, and humans tend to structure their environment to help focus their energy on what matters by eliminating waste. Furthermore the author mixes the concepts of time on a clock scale vs calendars. That said, reading and thinking about time and our relation with it is always interesting, and imo part of a more general self reflection that could help one grow.