This work investigates the transition from individual cognitive models of consciousness to the concept of a distributed, collective intelligence facilitated by modern technology. Bernard Baars, a prominent cognitive scientist known for his Global Workspace Theory, explores how the human brain's internal theater of conscious experience might be scaled or mirrored in the digital age through crowdsourcing and networked information systems. The book examines the intersection of biological neural architectures and the emerging social structures of the internet, proposing a framework for understanding how collective cognition functions as a global workspace.

Experts in cognitive science recognize this work as a significant extension of Baars' foundational theories into the realm of social and digital systems. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which requires a solid background in cognitive psychology to fully grasp the proposed theoretical connections.