“Here, we argue that innovations are instead an emergent property of our species' cultural learning abilities, applied within our societies and social networks. Our societies and social networks act as collective brains.” royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Innovation in the collective brain | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Innovation is often assumed to be the work of a talented few, whose products are passed on to the masses. Here, we argue that innovations are instead an emergent property of our species' cultural lear...