Annie Murphy Paul is an acclaimed science writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, and The Best American Science Writing, among many other publications. She is the author of Origins, The Cult of Personality, and now The Extended Mind.Get The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain nowHighlights:1:00 Why is The Extended Mind a Great Read?3:50 The role of intuition in our decision making process.6:30 Antonio Demasio's Mind-Blowing Gambling Game Intuition Experiment.8:57 How to use intuition on our daily lives?11:00 The environment and how to optimize it for our mind.13:30 The impact of our social systems in how our mind functions.16:55 How to tune out distractions to do deep work.20:40 The human brain and its evolution.23:40 Web3 and the risks / benefits to the health of our mind.26:40 The truest idea on what the mind is.28:30 When is intuition good for us and when is it bad for us?35:00 The deepest questions still unresolved on cognitive science.--- Support Me ---Thanks for tuning in for this edition of Through Conversations Podcast!If you find this episode interesting, don't miss out on new conversations and subscribe to the podcast at any podcast feed you use, and leave me a review.Consider sharing it with someone you think can enjoy this episode.--- Keep The Conversation Going ---Instagram:@thruconvpodcastTwitter: @ThruConvPodcastWebsite: throughconversations.com--- Credits ---Our New, Awesome Music by Joe Lyle.  More info can be found at https://joelyledrums.com