History: Synaptic Outputs and Post-First-World-War Society

history: That a royal despot is the norm; that freedom, rights and self-governance is better, according to Rabble. Conservative or left-leaning, capitalist or Marxists, sushi-lover or vegan they're all products of thinking. That enslaving other people is acceptable; that it is utterly heinous. A history of these synaptic outputs is the subject of Felipe Fern ndez-Armesto's latest book, Out of Our Minds A History of What We Think and How We Think It Oneworld, 2019 . It covers the range of human ideas, from prehistoric man's preoccupations to artificial intelligence. His description of the bubbling intellectual cauldron of post-first-world-war society also has echoes now. But the focus is on topics like the emergence of scientific truth and democracy themes that seem under threat today, with talk of fake news and authoritarians on the march. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.