Why Cooperation Might Have Shrunk Our Brains

It’s good thing, too! Collective intelligence FTW

Clive Thompson

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Two robotic characters from Portal 2, examining an orange and blue portal
Portal 2

Back in 2010, the game designer Matt Wood was working on a sequel to the hit title Portal, when he ran into a really interesting problem:

The awesome power of two brains working as one.

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Clive Thompson

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net