I never really thought about consciousness before. The noise from the AI (artificial intelligence) sector, especially that by Elon Musk. One of his aims is to preserve and propagate Human Consciousness to other planets and galaxies.

Before looking into Consciousness, I was content in the knowledge that if you were consciousness, you were aware of what was going on around you. When you were unconsciousness, it was lights out. Like when you passed out or were put under by General Anaesthetic. Both of which I have experienced.

Many of us are living conscious lives in an unconscious way. This is because as pointed out in the video, "The Origin of Consciousness", we are driven first and foremost to find and consume a source of energy - food. After this this our conscious is driven to satisfy our other desires like sexual activity, drink and drugs and a cosy den to retreat in. In my opinion, the more base the instinct the less likely we are to question or analysis it consciously as our whole being is driven to satisfy it.

When we seek an covet food, like a bag of crisps, a pizza, a "Digestive" biscuit etc which we then eat happily, our consciousness is on par with that of the worm in the video - The Origin of Consciousness. A pint of Guinness falls into this category too as someone once told me it was the only sustenance needed.

I think most of us are so busy in our lives doing things just to manage to survive/stand still we don't have time to think consciously about the conscious and why we are doing the things that we do. Some manage to consciously think and ask "Why are we here?" and about our state of existence and our place in the universe. Correct me if I am wrong but I think these make up a very small percentage of the human population. Perhaps now is a good time to be aware of our own consciousness.

And while there is a lot of noise being made about human conscious we should not forget that other animals like dogs for example, have their own conscious which we should not be quick to discount. They too, think about things in their own way and dream.

I will leave it here as it is a really deep subject that can go of in may directions.

Reference:

Consciousness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6u0VBqNBQ8
The Origin of Consciousness – How Unaware Things Became Aware