But all the media of modern consciousness from the printing press to radio and the movies were used just as readily by authoritarian reactionaries, and then by modern totalitarians, to reduce liberty and enforce conformity as they ever were by libertarians to expand it.

NEWYORKER: The Information

However, if we are unable to reduce consciousness to simpler building blocks or concepts, it may be impossible to apply the tried and true tools of modern science to the daunting task of understanding consciousness.

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But in a larger sense, the rally marked the awakening of a modern political consciousness in China.

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