The Brain. The Story of You is a non technical journey through the various aspects of the brain and how those aspects shape us and our way of living.
Very interesting read. It explains how the brain works, how we become what we are, how it perceives reality, how we control our body and actions and how we make decisions.
I particularly liked chapter 5 Do I need you? There is a section explaining how the human brain is wired to be social. How humans come together into groups to survive. It also explains how humans are also selective and look for similarities between them. This discussion led the author to explain, to a certain extent, how humans can become genocidal.
I also enjoyed the last chapter, chapter 6, which deals with fixing and or replacing senses as well as creating new ones, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Immortality. .
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