I'm reading The Accidental Homo Sapiens: Genetics, Behavior, and Free Will by Ian Tattersall & Rob DeSalle more for the survey of human evolution than for new ideas.

Without defining consciousness, how can you ask where it comes from?

I just started diving into the new article on io9: "When Will Robots Deserve Human Rights?" by George Dvorsky.

The link: http://gizmodo.com/when-will-robots-deserve-human-rights-1794599063