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Neuroscientist, author of How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend ๐๐ง
The gall, the audacity, the gumption! ๐คโจ
I learned about the 17th and 18th c. era of Romanticism yesterday. But I can impulsively initiate 21st century Romantic Resurgence within that time, I have that right. I wrote about it: substack.com/@drrachelbar...
A manual for the rationally exhausted
Narrowly avoiding civilisational collapse by sliding into a Romantic resurgence is, theoretically, possible. Like, that is real.
I am choosing to acknowledge that as a real possibility
New Substack essay just dropped, making the case for human creativity ๐ค๐ง Read here: open.substack.com/pub/drrachel...
See you this afternoon! (And by โyouโ I mean the 2 other humans besides my firefighter that will attend why did I agree to do this oh god).
Wayhay! How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend is book of the day ๐ Cheers @nextbigideaclub
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One of the worst offending AI enshitifications in my day-to-day is that academic journals now need CONSTANT reassurance that I am, indeed, a human. Am I?! For even I am no longer certain.๏ฟผ
Iโm so glad youโre enjoying it! Thank you for writing this, it means a lot to me ๐ค
Book signing event in Quebec City! Come say hi ๐ ๐ง ๏ฟผ
The self-perpetuating trap of loneliness ๐ค๐ง
Jane Goodall is gone, but her courage leads us forward. She taught us to see ourselves in other species, to act with care, and to hope. Rest in wild peace, Dr. Goodall ๐ค
