The Cognitive Drift
A book doesn't have to be the destination. Sometimes it's just the spark.
The Cognitive Drift is a podcast by Sean McClure; researcher, systems thinker, and someone who has spent years studying how ideas are actually extracted from serious reading. Each episode begins with a book but quickly leaves it behind, following a single insight wherever it drifts; through complexity science, AI, philosophy, biology, and the deep patterns underneath how the world works.
This isn't a book review show. It's what happens in the mind of a conviction-driven thinker after the book is closed.
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*episodes are not endorsements for the books I discuss. Any misinterpretations of the author's content are my own.
The Cognitive Drift
Intelligence by Blaise Agüera y Arcas
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In this episode I discuss the nature of intelligence through the lens of prediction, exploring Blaise Agüera y Arcas’ argument that intelligence is not a property of brains, but a function present across systems; from molecules to modern AI.
Author bio: blaiseaguera.com
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