Alex Hutchinson

Which I'm looking for.

Which I'm looking for.

Which I'm looking for.

Yeah. So, you know, when I initially started on this topic, I was like, I'm interested in exploring. I think it's more than just about like the way I take my vacations or whatever. I think it's also about ideas, but it's like an, it's an analogy, it's a metaphor. And what I was really surprised to discover is that actually, no, in your brains, it's like the same thing.

Yeah. So, you know, when I initially started on this topic, I was like, I'm interested in exploring. I think it's more than just about like the way I take my vacations or whatever. I think it's also about ideas, but it's like an, it's an analogy, it's a metaphor. And what I was really surprised to discover is that actually, no, in your brains, it's like the same thing.

Yeah. So, you know, when I initially started on this topic, I was like, I'm interested in exploring. I think it's more than just about like the way I take my vacations or whatever. I think it's also about ideas, but it's like an, it's an analogy, it's a metaphor. And what I was really surprised to discover is that actually, no, in your brains, it's like the same thing.

When you're wandering through a town that you've never been to before, you are mapping it in your hippocampus. You're forming cognitive maps. Literally, there are individual neurons that will light up when you go to a specific point on that map. There are other neurons that will keep track of what direction you're facing and how close you are to the borders of that town.

When you're wandering through a town that you've never been to before, you are mapping it in your hippocampus. You're forming cognitive maps. Literally, there are individual neurons that will light up when you go to a specific point on that map. There are other neurons that will keep track of what direction you're facing and how close you are to the borders of that town.

When you're wandering through a town that you've never been to before, you are mapping it in your hippocampus. You're forming cognitive maps. Literally, there are individual neurons that will light up when you go to a specific point on that map. There are other neurons that will keep track of what direction you're facing and how close you are to the borders of that town.

You're building maps in your brain. There's a famous study about London cab drivers. that their hippocampuses are enlarged. That's why, because they are mapping a very complicated city. So their hippocampuses actually have to get physically bigger. So it turns out that the hippocampus isn't just a place for mapping landscapes. It's a place for mapping ideas too. And we keep track of ideas.

You're building maps in your brain. There's a famous study about London cab drivers. that their hippocampuses are enlarged. That's why, because they are mapping a very complicated city. So their hippocampuses actually have to get physically bigger. So it turns out that the hippocampus isn't just a place for mapping landscapes. It's a place for mapping ideas too. And we keep track of ideas.

You're building maps in your brain. There's a famous study about London cab drivers. that their hippocampuses are enlarged. That's why, because they are mapping a very complicated city. So their hippocampuses actually have to get physically bigger. So it turns out that the hippocampus isn't just a place for mapping landscapes. It's a place for mapping ideas too. And we keep track of ideas.

And so ideas that are close to each other or far away from each other, this is physically manifested in the brain. And so one example is we keep track of our social networks in the hippocampus. And so you can think of like, we know people, we have some sense of like hierarchy. Are they more powerful than us than less power or less powerful than us? And how well do we know them?

And so ideas that are close to each other or far away from each other, this is physically manifested in the brain. And so one example is we keep track of our social networks in the hippocampus. And so you can think of like, we know people, we have some sense of like hierarchy. Are they more powerful than us than less power or less powerful than us? And how well do we know them?

And so ideas that are close to each other or far away from each other, this is physically manifested in the brain. And so one example is we keep track of our social networks in the hippocampus. And so you can think of like, we know people, we have some sense of like hierarchy. Are they more powerful than us than less power or less powerful than us? And how well do we know them?

Like, are they close to us? And so that's a two dimensional map and people literally map their social networks in this, in their hippocampus in this two dimensional way. So all of this is to say that when we talk about different ways of exploring, exploring and exploiting, um, This is intimately tied to creativity and coming up with new ideas, expanding our cognitive maps of ideas.

Like, are they close to us? And so that's a two dimensional map and people literally map their social networks in this, in their hippocampus in this two dimensional way. So all of this is to say that when we talk about different ways of exploring, exploring and exploiting, um, This is intimately tied to creativity and coming up with new ideas, expanding our cognitive maps of ideas.

Like, are they close to us? And so that's a two dimensional map and people literally map their social networks in this, in their hippocampus in this two dimensional way. So all of this is to say that when we talk about different ways of exploring, exploring and exploiting, um, This is intimately tied to creativity and coming up with new ideas, expanding our cognitive maps of ideas.

There are a bunch of interesting findings that fall out of that about how we should mix exploring and exploiting to come up with better ideas.

There are a bunch of interesting findings that fall out of that about how we should mix exploring and exploiting to come up with better ideas.