In the book, you described the writing process of robert carroll. He has this court board in his office where he couldve outlines the book. And i got the sense that his office is part of his writing apparatus. I do have a giant caro inspired corkboard in my office. It's really powerful to harness our natural and evolved strengths,. which include physical navigation and spatial memory. When we can harness those in the service of these complex cognitive activities that we undertake to day, it just gives our ability to think this enormous boost.
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.
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