region in a vast space of possible conscious minds, and the scientific investigation of this space so far amounts to little more than casting a few flares out into the darkness. The second is a newfound humility. Looking out across the wild diversity of life on Earth, we may value more – and take for granted less – the richness of subjective experience in all its variety and distinctiveness, in ourselves and in other animals too. And we may also find renewed motivation to minimise suffering wherever, and however, it might appear.
