David Eagleman,Anthony Brandt

The Runaway Species

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  • beadydeehas quoted6 years ago
    In breaking, a whole is taken apart.
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    In bending, an original is modified or twisted out of shape.
  • beadydeehas quoted6 years ago
    bending, breaking and blending
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    But more than keeping ourselves alive, we use these mental tools to flesh out worlds that don’t exist.
  • beadydeehas quoted6 years ago
    Simulating futures comes with the benefits of safety: we try out moves in our minds before trying them out in the world.
  • beadydeehas quoted6 years ago
    We are masters at generating alternative realities, taking what is and transforming it into a panoply of what-ifs.
  • beadydeehas quoted6 years ago
    But automated behavior can’t innovate. Mediated behavior is how we generate novelty.
  • beadydeehas quoted6 years ago
    Humans live inside a competition between automated behavior, which reflects habits, and mediated behavior, which defeats them.
  • beadydeehas quoted6 years ago
    Make-believe though they are, zombies show us something important about the natural world: creatures throughout the animal kingdom run mostly on automated behavior.
  • beadydeehas quoted6 years ago
    Brains seek a balance between exploiting previously-learned knowledge and exploring new possibilities
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