i think we see that playing out in our politics totally, i mean, there they're all just so afraid of trump speaking out against them. I lovete the literature on the power of synchronous movement to unite people. Itaps into this very viceral, very embodied, very almost primitive kind of mechanisms that humans have evolved to connect with each other. And you know, e you can see the power of synchrenous movement used by militaries and churches and organizations of all kinds.
In this conversation about her new book, the acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul explodes the myth that the brain is an all-powerful, all-purpose thinking machine that works best in silence and isolation. We are often told that the human brain is an awe-inspiring wonder, but its capacities are remarkably limited and specific. Humanity has achieved its most impressive feats only by thinking outside the brain: by “extending” the brain’s power with resources borrowed from the body, other people, and the material world. The Extended Mind tells the stories of scientists and artists, authors and inventors, leaders and entrepreneurs — Jackson Pollock, Charles Darwin, Jonas Salk, Friedrich Nietzsche, Watson and Crick, among others — who have mastered the art of thinking outside the brain. It also explains how every one of us can do the same, tapping the intelligence that exists beyond our heads — in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships.