The User Illusion Quotes

“Consciousness is not about information but about its opposite: order. Consciousness is not a complex phenomenon; it is what consciousness is _about_ that is complex. It is presumably this fact that is the reason many scientists over the decades have tended to perceive information as something involving order and organization. Because consciousness is about an experience of order and organization. Because consciousness is a state that does not process much information - consciously. Consciousness consists of information no more than a person who consumes large amounts of food can be said to consist of food. Consciousness is nourished by information the same way the body is nourished by food. But human beings do not consist of hot dogs; they consist of hot dogs that have been eaten. Consciousness does not consist of hots dogs but consists of hot dogs that have been apprehended. That is far less complex.”
― Tor Norretranders, The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size

“To an increasing degree, politics will be about demands for something to sense. The demand will no longer be for clothes, food, and housing. We also want bits! The uprisings of the future will be under slogans such as Senses Make Sense! Make Sense of the World! Common Sense
Belongs to Everybody!”
― Tor Nørretranders, The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size