I Am a Strange Loop

Douglas Hofstadter has discussed consciousness in his previous work, but this time he is serious. I Am A Strange Loop starts off slow, the first 275 pages set up large collection and metaphors and analogies that are then beautifully woven together in the book's main dialogue to lead you to his conclusion. What we call “I” is a mirage, a kind of feedback loop that arises when a system which can devise arbitrarily complex representative symbols forms a representation of its self.