Earnest question, would like to follow along:

Are there any serious people working directly on the hard problem of consciousness with scientific methods and tools?

Design and software at Apple. Also into AI, philosophy of mind, ethics.

helping /bracky, playing /bracket reading /greatbooks

Ok, after exploring this topic a bit I have determined that this is the best position.

What’s your favorite book? (Unrelated question. I’m always looking for recommendations)

If there are, I don’t think we’ll hear about them until they crack it. My sense personally is we will figure out consciousness, the free will problem, and get a new interpretation of quantum physics all at the same time.