Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot I’ve been dipping into this weirdly named book for the last 20 years – finding each suggestion valuable. It’s written by Richard Restak, who is both a psychiatrist and a brain scientist. He’s been writing for both academics and a wider audience since 1977. His essential argument is that we should all learn as much as possible about how the brain works, and then use this knowledge to increase our capabilities. And Restak then becomes our guide to both. The book contains 28 relatively brief and readable chapters with exhortations like “think of the […]
Continue readingIdeas that might chart our course to the new world we all long for: greater sustainability, much more equality locally and globally, in both wealth and power; and more peace and justice – as we start to heal the biosphere.
