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Thinking Is A Distributed Process

We think of the intelligence of an individual and fixed and unchangeable, but in reality, it is dynamic, flexible and deeply connected to nature, people and the physical body.

We can argue that we think pretty well locked up in a room without the extended mind, but we really don’t know what thoughts we are not having, and people don’t always know what is good for them.

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How We Use Technology

We have seen in the past few decades how computers are operated. We need to work on that and extend that technology(smartphones, smartwatches, laptops) to extend itself towards the environment, space, other people and our own bodies.

Our bodies are smart, if not smarter, than our brains. 

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Brainbound Thinking Is A Myth

  • Our culture likes to apply the mind in everything we do, thinking that intelligence is fixed and internal.
  • We didn’t know that more green space, or nature around us leads to better thinking.
  • Our thought process is dynamic and connected to the people around us...

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The Extended Mind

The Extended Mind

According to science writer Annie Murphy Paul, we think better when our brain is provided with extra-neural resources: Our body, our environment, and the people that are around us.

The brain is not something that one has to isolate in order to think hard, as it is not cent...

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In parenting, we pretend that we know what's best for our children without really knowing. Even if our guidance makes sense, it's just guessing. Realizing this, we at first judge, and later forgive our own parents for it.

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A challenging concept

A challenging concept

French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal stated: ‘The sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he cannot stay quietly in his room.’

His idea focuses on one of our common beliefs: that we must always go somewhere to feel and discover new and worthwhile things. Perhaps our re...

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