i think that the best cycle, probably, for collaboration is a combination of going back to our corners and or o lovely ri little private spaces. And one thing i wasn't, i don't think i was able to include it in the book, but that's even true for digital collaboration,. Psychologists call bursty, you know, like bursts of of, like, lots of messages flying back and forth. We have had the space to do great solitary work, but also collaborating in safe spaces.
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.