Ok 500 pages in and it's a mind melting endurance run even for someone who identifies as both a masochist and a deep researcher like myself. This book was published over 20 years ago by the physicist associated with the Monroe Institute, made famous from their training of Project Stargate psychic spies. Recent chapters are explaining how AI can (will?) develop consciousness as a fractal offshoot of our own. I'm sure this will make more sense when we get into time travel in a few chapters.