Archive - Neuromantics

Just knowing a bit can mean a lot

Jun 29 •

Michael Pattinson

The Accommodated Life: Passive vs Active Adaptation in a Hypernormal World

Or: How we learn to live with the unacceptable, and call it ‘normal’.

Jun 20 •

Michael Pattinson

The Illusion of Cynical Intelligence and the Power of Curious Questions

In the thick of the first pandemic wave, a senior executive pitched an idea with great enthusiasm: an app that would utilise smartphones to detect when…

Jun 13 •

Michael Pattinson

The Autism Diagnosis Boom

: A Story of Discovery, Not Disaster

Jun 2 •

Michael Pattinson

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There Is No Free Will

but there is a free willy

Feb 28 •

Michael Pattinson

The Good Bureaucracy: How Order Can Save a Chaotic World

By Michael Pattinson

Feb 21 •

Michael Pattinson

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