David Eagleman

Let's say you're looking at two restaurants that you're trying to choose between. So you're making a simulation of what you see. Oh, that's going to be delicious and good. That one's not going to be so good. You've got other networks that care about the social context. As in, what do my friends think of this? Is this cool or not so cool? All these things, you've got this and more.

Let's say you're looking at two restaurants that you're trying to choose between. So you're making a simulation of what you see. Oh, that's going to be delicious and good. That one's not going to be so good. You've got other networks that care about the social context. As in, what do my friends think of this? Is this cool or not so cool? All these things, you've got this and more.

They're all battling it out under the hood. Yeah. And they're all trying to steer the ship of state. And when you make a decision... it's because of the vote of the neural parliament. So what's interesting, I do want to get at this because

They're all battling it out under the hood. Yeah. And they're all trying to steer the ship of state. And when you make a decision... it's because of the vote of the neural parliament. So what's interesting, I do want to get at this because

They're all battling it out under the hood. Yeah. And they're all trying to steer the ship of state. And when you make a decision... it's because of the vote of the neural parliament. So what's interesting, I do want to get at this because

Your view of a collection of personalities where one of them is dominant and my view of a team of rivals is slightly different in this way, which is that, you know, there's this battle going on and you reach these sort of consensus things, just like in a parliament where different groups will collaborate and coordinate and say, okay, look, you know, two out of three think this and so we're going to go for that restaurant.

Your view of a collection of personalities where one of them is dominant and my view of a team of rivals is slightly different in this way, which is that, you know, there's this battle going on and you reach these sort of consensus things, just like in a parliament where different groups will collaborate and coordinate and say, okay, look, you know, two out of three think this and so we're going to go for that restaurant.

Your view of a collection of personalities where one of them is dominant and my view of a team of rivals is slightly different in this way, which is that, you know, there's this battle going on and you reach these sort of consensus things, just like in a parliament where different groups will collaborate and coordinate and say, okay, look, you know, two out of three think this and so we're going to go for that restaurant.

Yeah, I think that's exactly right.

Yeah, I think that's exactly right.

Yeah, I think that's exactly right.

Almost.

Almost.

Almost.

Yeah, great. I mean, the thing is, when you look across the animal kingdom, you find these rivaling networks everywhere. So just as an example, you take a mouse, you put it in a maze, and you put cheese at the end, and you can put a little harness on the mouse and measure how much he's pulling towards the cheese.

Yeah, great. I mean, the thing is, when you look across the animal kingdom, you find these rivaling networks everywhere. So just as an example, you take a mouse, you put it in a maze, and you put cheese at the end, and you can put a little harness on the mouse and measure how much he's pulling towards the cheese.

Yeah, great. I mean, the thing is, when you look across the animal kingdom, you find these rivaling networks everywhere. So just as an example, you take a mouse, you put it in a maze, and you put cheese at the end, and you can put a little harness on the mouse and measure how much he's pulling towards the cheese.

Then what you can do is switch it where instead of a piece of cheese, you have an electrical shock at the end. and you can put the harness on and measure how hard he pulls away from the electrical shock.

Then what you can do is switch it where instead of a piece of cheese, you have an electrical shock at the end. and you can put the harness on and measure how hard he pulls away from the electrical shock.

Then what you can do is switch it where instead of a piece of cheese, you have an electrical shock at the end. and you can put the harness on and measure how hard he pulls away from the electrical shock.