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lightreads) wrote2021-09-25 12:25 pm
lightreads) wrote2021-09-25 12:25 pm
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The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
3/5. A rundown of the many ways we can enhance our cognition by stepping out of the model of the lone brain whirring away efficiently in a single skull in silence. Thinking in motion, thinking in gesture, thinking in spaces, thinking with experts, etc. Not particularly revelatory if you, like me, have spent any time thinking about your own thinking and how to enhance it. There's a reason I almost immediately get to my feet and start walking when my work phone rings. Also, she does a lot of quick study summaries that often left me going "…yeah, that sounds like it had 8 participants and depended on a deeply flawed subjective rating system, but you have given me no details so I can't evaluate." Maybe there are cites in the print edition – the audio gives you no chance to learn more. I mean, she cited the 30 million word gap in all sincerity, which is in itself concerning.
Still, I did learn things, and this did remind me that yeah, I really do need to get that treadmill desk someday.
3/5. A rundown of the many ways we can enhance our cognition by stepping out of the model of the lone brain whirring away efficiently in a single skull in silence. Thinking in motion, thinking in gesture, thinking in spaces, thinking with experts, etc. Not particularly revelatory if you, like me, have spent any time thinking about your own thinking and how to enhance it. There's a reason I almost immediately get to my feet and start walking when my work phone rings. Also, she does a lot of quick study summaries that often left me going "…yeah, that sounds like it had 8 participants and depended on a deeply flawed subjective rating system, but you have given me no details so I can't evaluate." Maybe there are cites in the print edition – the audio gives you no chance to learn more. I mean, she cited the 30 million word gap in all sincerity, which is in itself concerning.
Still, I did learn things, and this did remind me that yeah, I really do need to get that treadmill desk someday.