Cycling, chimps, doping and how things spread

Posted by on Mar 19, 2013 in Books, chimp, Copying, I'll have what she's having, Illusion of I, Social Influence, Spread, super social ape, The THing Thing, What kind of thing? | No Comments

Pic c/o Rodebikeguy.com Nice piece here with Dave Brailsford, the "architect" of British Cyclng success 2 interesting thoughts emerge : 1. he uses the "chimp" metaphor (like "Monkey Brain") to denote the non-human bit of ruminating consciousness which distracts us from the "flow" states that athletic performance depends on (i.e. by denigrating the human bit […]

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