Annie Murphy Paul is an acclaimed science writer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Scientific American, Slate, Time magazine, The Best American Science Writing, and other publications.

Our conversation focuses on the subject of her latest book, The Extended Mind, which is about how human cognition relies on our bodies, other people, and the material world. I loved this book and was thrilled to ask Annie about how this line of thinking plays out in the context of our heavily digitized lives.

Show notes

Annie Murphy Paul
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The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul
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Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives by Annie Murphy Paul
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