Episode 70 – On the Shoulders of Hobbits: Culture and Collective Intelligence

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Episode 70 - On the Shoulders of Hobbits: Culture and Collective Intelligence

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Are humans individually stupid but collectively smart? Joseph Shaules and Ishita Ray explore the radical psychology of collective intelligence. We see that networked cognition has been the key to human flourishing and that even basic mental processes—e.g. memory, belief—evolved to function collectively. This is forcing a rethink of culture and human intelligence. Stories from the podcast team remind us that collective intelligence is embodied within us and that foreign experiences force us to confront different perceptual realities.