Collaboration Is Increasingly the New Normal

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Walter isaacson says more collaborative creations are generally better than less collaborative creations. The great television shows of our era, like breaking bat and sopranos or whatever, are not unlike the great nineteenth century novels because they are created by teams of people. And we even see writers like malcolm gladwell now writing sees pod casts and audio productions as kind of the centre of his current and future production. i'm wondering if, tat it's going to spread to other industries where it's still the norm to work individually and give credit individually.

Modern life has not been easy on our brains. Average IQ scores rose steadily throughout the last century. Now they appear to be leveling off. The problem, according to neuroscientists, may be that we have reached our neurobiological limits. Our brains simply can’t work any harder. Luckily, science writer Annie Murphy Paul has a solution. In her bold new book, “The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain,” she draws on a wealth of scientific research to show that we’re smarter when we get out of our heads. By offloading our memories onto our phones, making decisions based on our bodily sensations, using tactile tools to solve abstract problems, drawing inspiration from our surroundings, and arguing with our friends, we can access intelligence that exists beyond the confines of our craniums. In this episode, Annie explains how to do it.