Edward Slingerland

But we also are unusual in that we're primates, but we cooperate with an intensity and a level that looks more like social insects. And we're just not, we're more like chimpanzees than we are like termites. And yet we cooperate with strangers all the time in ways that are very puzzling. We're completely dependent on technology, which means that we're dependent on innovation.

We're constantly having to innovate just to, you know, running just to stand still. So we're a strange species. We're creativity dependent. We're trust dependent in a way no other species is. And that's one of the reasons we've developed this cultural technology.

We're constantly having to innovate just to, you know, running just to stand still. So we're a strange species. We're creativity dependent. We're trust dependent in a way no other species is. And that's one of the reasons we've developed this cultural technology.

We're constantly having to innovate just to, you know, running just to stand still. So we're a strange species. We're creativity dependent. We're trust dependent in a way no other species is. And that's one of the reasons we've developed this cultural technology.

Yeah, well, I report one – there's only been one study directly exploring alcohol as a manipulation and creativity with a placebo control. And it found that if you get people to do about 0.08 BAC, so basically about when you shouldn't drive or operate a motor vehicle anymore, your creativity peaks.

Yeah, well, I report one – there's only been one study directly exploring alcohol as a manipulation and creativity with a placebo control. And it found that if you get people to do about 0.08 BAC, so basically about when you shouldn't drive or operate a motor vehicle anymore, your creativity peaks.

Yeah, well, I report one – there's only been one study directly exploring alcohol as a manipulation and creativity with a placebo control. And it found that if you get people to do about 0.08 BAC, so basically about when you shouldn't drive or operate a motor vehicle anymore, your creativity peaks.

So your ability to solve these lateral thinking tasks where you have to kind of make connection between –

So your ability to solve these lateral thinking tasks where you have to kind of make connection between –

So your ability to solve these lateral thinking tasks where you have to kind of make connection between –

unconnected things improves and we know the mechanism actually pretty well so the prefrontal cortex is very important part of your brain it's the most recent part of the the human brain and you need it it's what allows you to you know resist to sweet when you're on a diet and plan for the future and get up and get to work on time but it also interferes with creativity we have very good evidence that when the prefrontal cortex is in control you're good at doing stuff like you

unconnected things improves and we know the mechanism actually pretty well so the prefrontal cortex is very important part of your brain it's the most recent part of the the human brain and you need it it's what allows you to you know resist to sweet when you're on a diet and plan for the future and get up and get to work on time but it also interferes with creativity we have very good evidence that when the prefrontal cortex is in control you're good at doing stuff like you

unconnected things improves and we know the mechanism actually pretty well so the prefrontal cortex is very important part of your brain it's the most recent part of the the human brain and you need it it's what allows you to you know resist to sweet when you're on a diet and plan for the future and get up and get to work on time but it also interferes with creativity we have very good evidence that when the prefrontal cortex is in control you're good at doing stuff like you

your taxes or adding numbers together, things where you go from A to B to C. The things that make you want to drink, basically. Yeah, the things that make you want to drink. What it interferes with is your ability to make connections, to kind of make creative leaps. And so there's a whole body of evidence on prefrontal cortex

your taxes or adding numbers together, things where you go from A to B to C. The things that make you want to drink, basically. Yeah, the things that make you want to drink. What it interferes with is your ability to make connections, to kind of make creative leaps. And so there's a whole body of evidence on prefrontal cortex

your taxes or adding numbers together, things where you go from A to B to C. The things that make you want to drink, basically. Yeah, the things that make you want to drink. What it interferes with is your ability to make connections, to kind of make creative leaps. And so there's a whole body of evidence on prefrontal cortex

interfering with creativity, developmental evidence that children are better than adults because their PFC is not as well developed. If you have a stroke and your PFC gets damaged, you suddenly get better on doing these lateral thinking tasks. So yeah, there's a huge body of evidence. So, you know, I point out across the world throughout history,

interfering with creativity, developmental evidence that children are better than adults because their PFC is not as well developed. If you have a stroke and your PFC gets damaged, you suddenly get better on doing these lateral thinking tasks. So yeah, there's a huge body of evidence. So, you know, I point out across the world throughout history,

interfering with creativity, developmental evidence that children are better than adults because their PFC is not as well developed. If you have a stroke and your PFC gets damaged, you suddenly get better on doing these lateral thinking tasks. So yeah, there's a huge body of evidence. So, you know, I point out across the world throughout history,

there's been this association of alcohol and artists people who create who think of new things and um there's good evidence that this is not just a myth there's actually some some empirical evidence