World · 8 February 2026
Michael Pollan returns with consciousness book A World Appears at 71
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Author Michael Pollan, 71, releases his new book A World Appears on February 8, 2026, diving into the complexities of consciousness. The "psychedelic confessor" and How to Change Your Mind writer investigates plant sensitivity and self-awareness from his Berkeley base. Pollan challenges ethical consumption norms by discussing controversial theories that plants feel pain, aiming to transform human understanding of the self just as he did with food and psychedelics.
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