The Collective Brain

The Collective Brain with Dr Joseph Henrich – Prize 2023 Winner Lecture
Building on ideas developed in his fascinating book The Secret of Our Success, Dr Henrich will share his research into the ‘collective brain’.
Students are cordially invited to register for an exclusive session conducted by Dr. Henrich, scheduled for May 2nd 11:30-12:30. The session will take place on campus. Kindly note that seats are limited, and registration can be completed through PDMS -https://pdms.hw.ac.uk/

Panmure House also welcomes students to watch the public results lecture via livestream on Zoom (https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Kyi3XjP1Svyvp_JVmYt9ww#/registration) or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC79vxJjMbOUpZ5qLhzfsbYw) on the 1 May at 15:00.

Long before the origins of agriculture or the rise of the first cities, our species spread out across the globe into an immense diversity of environments, from the frozen tundra of Siberia to the arid deserts of Australia. Dr Henrich will build on his thesis that our species’ immense ecological success in these environments depended not on our vaulted intelligence or rationality, but rather on the assembly of large bodies of culturally transmitted information that accumulated adaptively over generations.

The Panmure House Prize is an annual award for research that explores the relationship between long-term thinking and radical innovation. The Prize enables research that embodies Adam Smith's own approach to rigorous empiricism and long-term, inter-disciplinary thinking.