We often talk about qualia as if they were inner objects we could, in principle, line up and compare. This piece asks a simpler question first: what makes us think there’s a universal thing there to compare at all?
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Watching a discussion on the non-identity problem made me realise how often we assume there’s an “I” waiting to be born. This is an attempt to question that assumption.
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I’ve been trying to understand where a quiet sense of misfit comes from — not individually, but historically.
This is my attempt.
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Traditional consulting is built on complexity, frameworks, and thick reports.
But most organisational problems aren’t complex — they’re structural.

And structure is visible if you know how to look.

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I’ve started sharing a series of long-form pieces exploring a simple question:
what might govern the way matter, life, and mind organise into coherent systems?

This first article introduces the core framework behind that inquiry, with further chapters on Substack

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Hello! New here 👋

I’m Shaun, writing from Scotland. I use writing to think — mostly about consciousness, coherence, and how complex systems shape real experience across science, psychology, and society.

Sharing longer pieces on Substack:
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