Hi everyone,
A small follow-up to my introduction last year: I’ve now finished A Brief History of Intelligence, which I first found through the TBP Further Reading page.
The page was thoughtfully curated and led me to a book I might otherwise have missed, so thank you for maintaining it. The replies to my introduction also pointed me toward the Quickstart playlist and the Community Involvement guide. I plan to go through the Quickstart next.
The book’s evolutionary account of intelligence made the field feel alive to me again. Beyond learning the theory, it also made me wonder what an actual life and career centered on these questions might look like. Relevant labs and roles seem limited, especially in Korea, so seeing concrete examples would help me think more realistically about my own path.
Are there any existing forum posts, talks, interviews, member profiles, or similar resources that show what community members or past contributors who pursued this direction went on to do—the kinds of labs, roles, projects, or organizations they now work in?
I’m particularly interested in paths at the intersection of evolutionary neuroscience and computational implementation, including how people have made such work financially sustainable. I’m looking less for a general reading list than for real examples of possible trajectories that I could learn from.
Either way, the book gave me a great deal to think about and a reason to feel excited about this direction again.
