The Pattern Seekers : How Autism Drives Human Invention By: Simon Baron-Cohen [Audiobook]

Author: Simon Baron-Cohen
Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.

Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for 70,000 years, from the first tools to the digital revolution. 

How? Because the same genes that cause autism enable the pattern seeking that is essential to our species’ inventiveness. However, these abilities exact a great cost on autistic people, including social and often medical challenges, so Baron-Cohen calls on us to support and celebrate autistic people in both their disabilities and their triumphs. Ultimately, The Pattern Seekers isn’t just a new theory of human civilization, but a call to consider anew how society treats those who think differently.

General Information
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Title:   The Pattern Seekers
Subtitle:   How Autism Drives Human Invention
Author:   Simon Baron-Cohen
Narrator:   Jonathan Cowley
Audiobook Copyright:   2021
Publisher:   Tantor Media, Inc.
Duration:   5 hrs 47 mins
ISBN:   9781705293027
Subjects:   Psychology, Science, Sociology, Nonfiction
File Information
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Media Format:   MP3
Total Files:   6
Total Size:   157 MB
Bitrate:   64 kbps
Sample Rate:   44.1 kHz
Channels:   Stereo
Book Description
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A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.
Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge
University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is
as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of
fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a
key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the first
tools to the digital revolution. How? Because the same genes that
cause autism enable the pattern seeking that is essential to our
species' inventiveness. However, these abilities exact a great cost on
autistic people, including social and often medical challenges, so
Baron-Cohen calls on us to support and celebrate autistic people in
both their disabilities and their triumphs. Ultimately, The Pattern
Seekers isn't just a new theory of human civilization, but a call to
consider anew how society treats those who think differently.

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