Full name: The Runaway Species: How human creativity remakes the world

Author: David Eagleman Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Psychology, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781936787524 1936787520

The Runaway Species: How human creativity remakes the world is a deep-dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how humanity can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman rifle through the inventions of human society like paleontologists ransacking the fossil record. Exploring examples from Apollo 13 to Pablo Picasso, they seek to answer the question: what lies at the heart of humanity's ability--and drive--to create? If you took a snapshot of any animal species' behavior, from apes to barnacles, and contrasted it with the same species 10,000 years ago, they'd all be carrying on pretty much as usual (and if they aren't, it's likely due to human influence). Humanity, on the other hand, would be nearly unrecognizable. Above all else, our drive to create is what makes us unique among all living things. Yet where does this all creation, innovation, and change come from? Why us? And if we better understand this -cognitive software-, can we harness it more responsibly to improve our lives, schools, businesses and institutions? Brandt and Eagleman examine hundreds of examples of human creativity through dramatic storytelling and stunning images in this beautiful, full-color volume. By drawing out what creative acts have in common and viewing them through the lens of cutting-edge neuroscience, they uncover the essential elements of this critical human ability, and encourage a more creative future for all of us. Similar books: The Brain by David Eagleman Incognito by David Eagleman Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon Next of Kin by Roger Fouts The Shallows by Nicholas Carr The Red Queen by Matt Ridley How Not to Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg The Human Brain Book by Rita Carter The Future of the Mind by Michio Kaku Surviving Survival by Laurence Gonzales Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks The Social Animal by Elliot Aronson Fractured Minds by Jenni Ogden How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Barrett Subliminal by Leonard Mlodinow Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf Sperm Wars by Robin Baker The Forgetting by David Shenk