This is the story of a gap. A thinking skills gap.
On one side is a storied mind that includes most of history. It continues to be used by most of the individuals making today's history. Call this mind "Alpha."
On the other side is the just-emerging new mind of the future. Call it "Beta." The latest. The experimental. The farthest reaching.
The author of The Mother of All Minds says Beta is what a brain does when it needs to reinvent itself on the fly. When there's no time to invent new super-neurons, concoct powerful new brain chemicals or roll out a massive new cerebral redesign. Change is simply happening too fast. The challenges are as thick as the proverbial pea soup.
So what has human nature done? Made a U-turn. Reversed itself and reformulated the best of its past to stock the upcoming needs of its future. In a couple of words, it has "made do"-spectacularly! And in the process assembled an astonishing new "total thinking package" largely crafted from mental skills already available.
The Mother of All Minds charts the consequences of "the mother of all personal breakthroughs." Dudley Lynch, lead author of the best-selling Strategy of the Dolphin, demonstrates anew why he's considered among the most original, dogged and eloquent psychological sleuths on the shift-prone trail of human thinking capabilities.
The gap Mr. Lynch describes is one that every psychologically aware and ambitious person will want to leap, with every ounce of nitro their neurons can muster. Venturing to the frontiers of better thinking skills isn't for everyone (just as not every computer gets the upgrade). But if that's your personal goal, The Mother of All Minds is the trustworthy, riveting-to-read owner's manual you've been waiting for. Its examples and insights of this new mind at work are as fresh as a lager's bubbles.
