The Human Algorithm

How Technology is Rewiring Human Thought—And Why It Matters Now

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“Technology isn’t just changing our world”

“it’s changing how we think. And nobody saw it coming.”

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Meet Pat

Pat Scannell has spent over a decade researching the intersection of technology and human cognition. His groundbreaking work reveals how technological acceleration is fundamentally altering human thought—and what we can do about it.

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My Books

The Disruption of Thought

Lays out a new(ish) model of human thought that explains thinking as an emergent property arising from meta-modular connections across three planes – biological, cultural, and technological…

The Great Irony of Technology

Premise is the observation that technology has left most people in the US significantly better off than 20, 50, or 100 years ago, but paradoxically feeling worse…

The History of Thought Book 1

An academic book resulting from 10+ years research into the effects of technology on cognitive evolution of humanity’s primate ancestors…

The History of Thought Book 2

An academic book based on research into the effects of technology on human thought…

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