David Eagleman
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David Eagleman, PhD, is a neuroscientist and internationally bestselling author. He teaches at Stanford University, is the creator and host of the Emmy-nominated television series The Brain, and is the CEO of Neosensory, a company that builds the next generation of neuroscience hardware. The author of seven other books, he lives in Silicon Valley in California.
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The Safety Net
An updated edition of this fascinating appraisal of the power of the internet to prevent the collapse of civilisation, from the internationally bestselling author
Neuroscientist and best-selling author David Eagleman introduces the concept of Possibilianism, a new philosophy that simultaneously embraces a scientific toolbox while exploring new, unconsidered uncertainties about the world around us.
David Eagleman at the School of Life
“Despite appearances, innovations don’t come from nowhere. They are the latest branches on the family tree of invention.” An extract from The Runaway Species on how technology (and creativity) work: by building on what’s come before.
Wired
“The arts protect consciousness”: Anthony Brandt – co-author of The Runaway Species with neuroscientist and writer David Eagleman – discusses types of creativity and the value of art (with the help of a string quartet).
In the afterlife you relive all your experience, but this time with the events reshuffled into a new order: all the moments that share a quality are grouped together…
