The Brain Manual

"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility." - Uncle Ben

I orignally wrote and posted this article in 2019. I’m reposting it here on Substack with minor updates and corrections.

Enjoy!

Introduction

In our heads lies the most magnificent feats of creation that has ever existed. Your brain. This small organ generates more electrical circuitry in one day than all the cell phones in the world.

Yet who’s ever told you how to use it? You would think something this powerful would come with instructions.

Nah, not really. Essentially, we gave a newborn the world’s greatest resource and said: “use it.”

But neither here nor there, we have it. Chances are we’ve reached adulthood now, so there’s nothing we can do. We’re stuck with it.