Description: Armin W. Schulz explores what makes human cognition distinct, suggesting that the evolution of our cognition is built on a feedback loop of innate representations, forms of cultural learning, and technology--which in turn explain our capacity for trade, morality, and human mindreading.
Review Quotes: "Armin Schulz offers a new deep history in It's Only Human: The Evolution of Distinctively Human Cognition. His core thesis is that distinctively human cognition emerged through positive feedback loops between three basic elements: cognitive representations, technology, and cultural learning. He develops his account through a range of case studies-the evolution of mindreading, morality, trade, religion, patents, and AI-each of which is interesting in its own right." -- Aliya Rumana, Metascience