Hardware and software of the brain

Knowledge of computers is useful. It helps in the main job, but do you know how your own brain operates? The human nervous system is a live control system. Seemingly nobody will object. Hence, we can expect some kind of computer as a part, although based on quite different principles. Which specifically?
Physiological theory of argument. The main difference between computers and live humans is own motivation. How does it change communication?
The hard problem of consciousness is a subjective feeling of the self. Obviously, it contradicts the scientific principle of objectivity. How to resolve this contradiction?
Self-programming is the same that machine learning, only better because it explains what happens inside. The last version of the book adds a chapter on self-programming.