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The human brain limits incoming sensory data to prevent chaos and create predictable routines. Robert Greene adds that human intelligence evolved through the physical manipulation of tools.
Robert Greene notes that splintered attention spans leave people vulnerable to outside influence.
“Because if people's attention spans are kind of constantly being splintered this way, it's harder to focus. You're much more vulnerable to influence.”
From Robert Greene Wrote 100 Notebooks by Hand to Beat Distraction
Robert Greene defines the sublime as an exact mixture of pain and pleasure.
“The sublime is a mix of pain and pleasure…”
Robert Greene observes the brain prunes incoming data to maintain familiarity. This sensory filtering stops the mind from experiencing overload.
“The way I'm looking at it is you're actually seeing things as they are because your brain is filtering down things for you and creating this familiarity and this sameness so that your mind isn't overwhelmed with chaos…”
Robert Greene states human intelligence evolved by grasping physical objects. Neural circuits governing hand movement sit directly inside language processing centers.
“So many of the neural pathways involve the hand and the brain because that's where our intelligence evolved, picking up things and manipulating them and creating tools.”
From Robert Greene Wrote 100 Notebooks by Hand to Beat Distraction
“And so I had to handwrite the entire book…”
From Robert Greene Wrote 100 Notebooks by Hand to Beat Distraction
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