Intuition

Norman Farb speaking to Hidden Brain. In this episode of the Hidden Brain, Neuroscientist Norman Farb explains how our brains navigate by creating mental maps. He discusses what has come to be known as the default mode network, which is a large-scale brain network that is active when we are

New York and the US have two forms of immigration. A few weeks ago my friend Y and I went to Chinatown to take in the Lunar New Year Parade, which celebrates the arrival of spring, ushers out the old year and welcome in the new. 2024 is the year

On Tuesday I went downtown to buy a guy some shoes. I failed. This is what happened after. * I wandered around FiDi hoping to spot the shoeless dude, but no luck. Ended up in front of the Uyghur restaurant on Beaver Street, which I'd noticed last week. * Caravan

Yesterday. Wall Street. Me and a friend and fellow guide gave a tour to 25 money managers from the mid west. He and I met on Fulton Street at 7am and grabbed bagels and brought them over to the group's hotel, then we walked them down Broadway to

Vampire Cyborgs of Manahatta * You and me are vampires. Our weird, over-built minds are drenched in jet fuel, unleaded gas and coal. The great nights we've had in the far-flung corners of our personal maps were all facilitated by fast travel and electricity. We've sucked the