Psychology · 19 min
The Runaway Species
By Anthony Brandt | David Eagleman
This episode reframes human creativity not as a rare gift, but as a fundamental, restless drive, built from specific cognitive operations and often ignited by constraints.
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Psychology
Duration
19 min
What it is about
Creativity, Innovation, Human Nature, Cognitive Science
Who it is for
If you've ever felt creativity is a mysterious gift you don't possess, or wondered why we're never quite satisfied a new lens, and this will help you see what to do next.
The author
Anthony Brandt, a composer, and David Eagleman, a neuroscientist, combine their distinct expertise to dissect the biological and cultural roots of human ingenuity, revealing its fundamental mechanisms.
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