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SUMMARY:How Exploration\, Uncertainty\, and Risk Help Us Find Meaning
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DESCRIPTION:In The Explorer’s Gene\, Alex Hutchinson dives headfirs
 t into a fascinating and provocative new field of research\, examining how
  exploration is a fundamental part of what makes us human..\nhttps://alexa
 ndria.libnet.info/event/15865508
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Off the beaten path\, on unmarked trails\,
  we are wired to explore. More than just a need to get outside\, the searc
 h for the unknown is a specific\, primal urge that has shaped the history 
 of our species and continues to mold our behavior in ways we are just begi
 nning to understand. In fact\, the latest neuroscience suggests that explo
 ration is an essential ingredient of human life. Exploration\, it turns ou
 t\, isn&rsquo\;t merely a hobby&mdash\;it&rsquo\;s our story.</p>\n<p>And 
 yet\, it has never been easier to live an exploration-free life\, without 
 the struggle and uncertainty that true exploration&mdash\;of places\, expe
 riences\, and ideas&mdash\;requires. With the digital world designed to ex
 ploit the neural circuitry behind our drive to explore\, we receive the <e
 m>illusion</em> of novelty without accompanying growth.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Fro
 m paddling the lost rivers of the northern Canadian wilderness to the ocea
 n-spanning voyages of the Polynesians\, <em>The Explorer&rsquo\;s Gene</em
 > combines riveting stories of exploration with cutting-edge insights from
  behavioral psychology and neuroscience. The end result offers a singular 
 approach to finding meaning in our past struggles\, embracing the possibil
 ity of failure in our future\, and crucially\, recognizing when our presen
 t is good enough.</p>\n<p>Register now to participate in this timelessly r
 elevant discussion.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:</strong> Alex Hutchi
 nson is a National Magazine Award-winning science journalist with a big-pi
 cture focus on human performance and particular interests in fitness\, end
 urance sports\, and the outdoors. He is <em>Outside</em> magazine&rsquo\;s
  longtime Sweat Science columnist\, and his writing also appears in <em>Th
 e Atlantic\, The New Yorker\,</em> and elsewhere. Before journalism\, he w
 as a postdoctoral physicist at the National Security Agency and a long-dis
 tance runner for the Canadian national team. He lives in Toronto with his 
 wife and daughters.</p>\n<p><em>This program is sponsored by the <a href="
 https://www.alexandrialibraryfoundation.org/">Alexandria Library Foundatio
 n</a>.</em></p>\n<p>Register for upcoming book talks and stream previously
  broadcast book talks <a href="https://libraryc.org/alexlibraryva">here</a
 >.</p>\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/15865508
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