What's Next?
What Is Consciousness?
Five milestones, three timelines, and what would genuinely surprise me — tools for tracking the field.
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4 pagesLesson 9 — What's Next?
Understanding the Complex: What Is Consciousness?
As of May 2026
Consciousness science moves more slowly than AI or genomics. It doesn't have billion-dollar companies racing to be first. It doesn't have the kind of moonshot pressure that compresses timelines. But it's moving.
Here's how to think about where it's going.