##### [[Being You by Anil Seth]] **Creator**:: [[Anil Seth]] **Source**:: [[10_Sources/Readwise/Books/books - Being You]] ##### ^citation A. Seth (2021). *Being You: A New Science of Consciousness* ## Summaries #### Prologue [[wetware]] ### Chapter 1 Seth starts by stating his starting point for understanding [[consciousness]]: [[phenomenology]], or our [[subjective]] [[experience]]. He contrasts this with other theories of [[consciousness]] such as [[Global workspace theory]] and [[Higher-order theories of consciousness]], which focus on functional properties.