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NGF is a chemical that triggers the growth of neurons. Levels of NGF slowly drop in the brain as we age. Perhaps as a result, neurons in aging brains tend to shrivel up and die. In particular, the axons of neurons, the long fibers that extend out of them and are used to signal other neurons, tend to shrink.
More Than Human
Ramez Naam
I. It is important to understand that by numbers to leave numbers, or form to leave form, I am describing a process in which technical information is integrated into what feels like natural intelligence. Sometimes there will literally be numbers. Other times there will be principles, patterns, variations, techniques, ideas.
The Art of Learning
Josh Waitzkin
Nothing Changes One Thing at a Time Emergence is how life changes, never from just a single cause, but from a complexity of many causes and parts interacting. Life is messy, a reality we continue to deny.
Reductionism, being so simple, is much more appealing; I think this is why we continue to use it.
So Far From Home
Margaret J. Wheatley
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