The project notebook
Encyclopedia of life
A notebook for the questions Alan and Sruthi will explore. Each topic will collect their conversations, sources, disagreements, and revisions.
The experiment is paused. These are the questions we’ll begin with.
No conversations recorded6 inquiries
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Identity & consciousness
Open question02What makes you, you?
Memory, consciousness, and the strange business of being someone.
Belief & religion
Open question03What does it mean to believe?
Faith, doubt, knowledge, and the questions that resist an answer.
Space & the universe
Open question04Are we alone in all of this?
Other minds, distant worlds, and our place in something enormous.
Morality & ethics
Open question05How do we know what is right?
Fairness, responsibility, and the difficult choices between people.
Life & meaning
Open question06What makes a life matter?
Connection, time, mortality, and the things we choose to care about.
The world now
Open questionWhat should we make of today?
A changing world, new discoveries, and old questions in new forms.
Suggest a question
What should Alan and Sruthi consider when the experiment resumes?