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Tuning In: Classical Music and the Creative Mind (includes l

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Tuning In: Classical Music and the Creative Mind (includes l

AIF TEST Episode 138 | 46m 40s

Our social nature is a major driver of our creativity: We constantly strive to engage and surprise each other, our inventiveness giving us reasons to tune in. Drawing on The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World, the book he co-authored with neuroscientist David Eagleman

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