Your brain is always predicting, not just reacting. It uses past experiences to guess what will happen next and guide your actions. It's crucial to get it right.Why is predicting important?<ul><li>It helps you make decisions based on past knowledge</li><li>It prepares you for future situations</li><li>It helps you anticipate potential threats or problems</li><li>It allows you to adapt and learn quickly</li></ul>

1. Your Brain Predicts

Perception is not Reality - Your brain's interpretation of reality is not an accurate reflection of the world around you.
- Your brain fills in missing information, alters incoming stimuli, and assigns significance based on past experiences.

3. The Illusion of Perception

Your brain needs other brains to survive in society.
These skills may seem soft, but they are crucial for survival.
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<li>Empathy</li>
<li>Trust</li>
<li>Social bonding</li>
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These skills are hardwired into your brain and are essential for survival.

7. The Importance of Empathy, Trust, and Social Bonding

Are you sure you're making choices—or are you simply acting out pre-programmed behavior?According to science, much of what you do is influenced by your brain and past experiences, without you even realizing it.

8. The Illusion of Free Will

Our brains are always changing, even as we get older. Our actions and thoughts today shape who we will become.Make sure to take care of your brain by making good choices and thinking positively!

10. Your Brain is Ever-Changing

Memories are not like recorded videos— they are constantly being reconstructed in your brain. 
 Every time you retrieve a memory, your brain modifies it based on your emotions, thoughts, and surroundings.

4. Understanding how memories work

- Your identity is not fixed. 
- Your brain is always changing and shaping who you are.
- Who you were 5 years ago is not who you are today.
- Embrace change and growth as a natural part of your identity.
- Your identity is a journey, not a destination.

5. Evolving Identity

From brain-machine interfaces to prosthetic memory, technology is becoming a part of the mind.
We are approaching a future where the brain can expand beyond the body.

9. Technology Can Extend the Brain

- Your brain is responsible for your thoughts, memories, and personality - These aspects of your identity are constantly changing as your brain changes - There is no separate "you" outside of your brain- Your brain determines who you are - It is constantly changing and affecting your identity - Your thoughts, memories, and personality are all part of your brain's neural processes.

2. You, Your Brain, and Identity

In the midst of making decisions, we may believe that we are in full control. But, the truth is that our brain often makes choices without our conscious awareness.But why do we have that false sense of control? It's because consciousness serves more as a narrator, rather than the actual driver of our decisions. Our brain has already made the choice, and our consciousness follows along, simply explaining the decision after the fact.Don't be fooled: our brains are much more complex than we may think.

6. How Our Brain Makes Decisions Unconsciously

The Story of You—Told by Your Brain in 10 Ideas.

From the renowned neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Incognito comes the companion volume to the international PBS series about how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life.  "An ideal introduction to how biology generates the mind.... Clear, engaging and thought-provoking." —Nature Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human?  In the course of his investigations, Eagleman guides us through the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, facial expressions, genocide, brain surgery, gut feelings, robotics, and the search for immortality.  Strap in for a whistle-stop tour into the inner cosmos. In the infinitely dense tangle of billions of brain cells and their trillions of connections, something emerges that you might not have expected to see in there: you.  Color illustrations throughout.

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David Eagleman is an internationally bestselling author, a TED speaker, and a Guggenheim Fellow. He teaches neuroscience at Stanford University and is CEO of a neurotech startup, Neosensory. At night he writes. His books have been translated into 33 languages.

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