Joined-Up Thinking: The Science of Collective Intelligence and its Power to Change Our Lives

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Hannah Critchlow

Joined-Up Thinking

The Science of Collective Intelligence and its Power to Change Our Lives

Hannah Critchlow

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Hodder & Stoughton
30 August 2022

Society & Social Sciences; Mathematics & Sciences; Science: general issues; Impact of science & technology on society; Popular science; Neurosciences

At a time of existential global challenges we need our best brainpower to solve them.

We can no longer rely on the myth of the lone genius to create a breakthrough.

As neuroscientist and bestselling author of The Science of Fate Hannah Critchlow shows, two heads have always been better than one. Almost everything we've ever achieved has been done by groups of people working together, sometimes across time and space.

Like a hive of bees, or a flock of birds, our naturally social, interconnected brains are designed to function best collectively.

New technology is helping us share our wisdom and knowledge much more diversely across race, class, gender and borders.

And AI is sparking a revolution in our approach to intelligent thinking -linking us into fast-working brainnets for problem solving.

Hannah Critchlow brings us an enlightening, invaluable guide to our future through the evolving new science of collective intelligence.

She reveals what it says about us as human beings, shares compelling examples and stories, and shows us how best we can work collectively at work, in families, in any team situation to improve our outcomes, our wellbeing, and our prospects.

By: Hannah Critchlow
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781529398403
ISBN 10: 1529398401
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 August 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Hannah Critchlow is the Science Outreach Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, and has been named a Top 100 UK Scientist by the Science Council for her work in science communication. Mentioned by Nature magazine as a rising star in the life sciences in 2019, she is listed as one of the University of Cambridge's 'inspirational and successful women in science' and appears regularly on TV, radio and at festivals to discuss and explore the brain.

Reviews for Joined-Up Thinking: The Science of Collective Intelligence and its Power to Change Our Lives

For tens of thousands of years we have tried to work out how we can best think. At last this genius work explains the past, the present and the future of our minds. Read - to be amazed. -- Bettany Hughes Hannah Critchlow has written a timely and engaging book about human intelligence and the challenges our brains face in the twenty-first century. It will make you think. It might even change for the better the way you think. -- Ian Rankin A powerful manifesto for the strength of we thinking -- Marcus du Sautoy