We are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them.

It is the most wondrous thing we have discovered in the universe, and it is us.

I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us.

Everybody knows the power of deadlines - and we all hate them. But their effectiveness is undeniable.

When we're in a human body, we don't care about universal collapse - instead, we care only about a meeting of the eyes, a glimpse of bare flesh, the caressing tones of a loved voice, joy, love, light, the orientation of a house plant, the shade of a paint stroke, the arrangement of hair.

Odor carries a great deal of information, including information about a potential mate's age, sex, fertility, identity, emotions, and health.

Vision is more than looking.