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MINDREAL is a real eye-opener of a book. With Ted Dewan's delightful illustrations serving as a graphic-novel counterpoint to Robert Ornstein's engaging text, it shows that the human mind is not the logical and unified tool it's reputed to be, but rather consists of a jumble of separate "programs" that have been put together during the course of our evolution. These separate programs come into play to deal with specific situations, but often the wrong program gets used, making us easy targets for manipulation and frequently resulting in disastrous outcomes. In plain language and with a touch of humor, MindReal explains
MINDREAL is a real eye-opener of a book. With Ted Dewan's delightful illustrations serving as a graphic-novel counterpoint to Robert Ornstein's engaging text, it shows that the human mind is not the logical and unified tool it's reputed to be, but rather consists of a jumble of separate "programs" that have been put together during the course of our evolution. These separate programs come into play to deal with specific situations, but often the wrong program gets used, making us easy targets for manipulation and frequently resulting in disastrous outcomes. In plain language and with a touch of humor, MindReal explains how these programs evolved to deal with the world as it was thousands of years ago, which was a far cry from the way it is today. It shows how our perception of the world is not an accurate picture of what's really out there but is rather just a sketchy "virtual reality" designed to help us survive. This virtual reality was adequate for dealing with the conditions in which we evolved, but those conditions have changed so much in recent years -- mostly by our own doing -- that our mental programming is in urgent need of some kind of an update to cope effectively with today's technological landscape. Ornstein suggests not only that such an update is possible, but that it is essential. "We need to teach people not only to get information into their minds, but also to change the way they think," he writes. In light of the unprecedented problems now facing us, both as a species and as a planet, I can't help but agree, and feel that reading MINDREAL is an important step in the right direction.
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Manufacturer: Malor Books
Release date: 1 February 2008
ISBN-10 : 193377939X |
ISBN-13: 9781933779393
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