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The Runaway Species

How Human Creativity Remakes the World

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The Runaway Species

By: David Eagleman, Dr Anthony Brandt
Narrated by: Mauro Hantman
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Our relentless drive to create makes us unique among living creatures. What is special about the human brain that enables us to innovate? Why don't cows choreograph dances? Why don't squirrels build elevators to their treetops? Why don't alligators invent speedboats? Weaving together the arts and sciences, neuroscientist David Eagleman and composer Anthony Brandt explore the need for novelty, the simulation of possible futures, and the social components that drive the inventiveness of our species.

Taking us on a tour of human creativity from Picasso to concept cars to umbrellas to lunar travel, Brandt and Eagleman explore the cognitive software that generates new ideas, and illuminate the key facets of a creative mentality. Through understanding our ability to innovate - our most profound, mysterious, and deeply human capacity - we can meet the challenge of remaking our constantly shifting world.

©2018 David Eagleman, 2018 Anthony Brandt (P)2018 Canongate Books Ltd Physics Science Technology Computer Science
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Thorough, insightful and a very important book that anyone with a brain should read.
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Great listen understand the impact creativity has on the world and how better it is!

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

There is some good content, but it gets lost in all the examples, it seems that there has been more research done on the examples and less on the theory and application.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Towards the end of the book there are some tactics to use, but for me not enough.

Was The Runaway Species worth the listening time?

I listened twice in a week, because I thought I had missed some of the content the first time around. I hadn't.

Examples a plenty but short on tactics

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