The pattern seekers : how autism drove human invention
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The pattern seekers : how autism drove human invention
Basic Books, 2020
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Summary: "In The Pattern Seekers, Simon Baron-Cohen reveals the surprising answer to two apparently distinct questions: Why are humans so inventive? And why does autism exist? The first question hangs over almost every human endeavor: Business people want to know how to innovate. Cognitive psychologists want to understand the nature of creativity. Evolutionary scientists and comparative psychologists want to understand why we are capable of such cultural complexity and diversity, when other animals, at best, have learned how to use a rock as a simple tool. At the same time, the study of autism has become a preeminent concern among overlapping groups, from educators to scientists to business people and parents -- and of course to people with autism themselves. In The Pattern Seekers, Simon Baron-Cohen argues these two questions are actually the same: understanding autism -- specifically the fixation on patterns that is considered characteristic of the condition -- is the key to understanding both the ancient o
Contents of Works
- Born pattern seekers
- The systemizing mechanism
- Five types of brains
- The mind of an inventor
- A revolution in the brain
- System-blindness: why monkeys don't skateboard
- The battle of the giants
- Sex in the valley
- Nurturing the inventors of the future