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X-WR-CALDESC:In The Explorer’s Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges\, New Flavo
 rs\, and the Blank Spots on the Map\, Alex Hutchinson dives headfirst into
  a fascinating and provocative new field of research\, examining how explo
 ration is a fundamental part of what makes us human.\n\nOff the beaten pat
 h\, on unmarked trails\, we are wired to explore. More than just a need to
  get outside\, the search 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 beginning to understand. In fact\, the latest neurosci
 ence suggests that exploration is an essential ingredient of human life. E
 xploration\, it turns out\, isn’t merely a hobby—it’s our story.\n\nAnd ye
 t\, it has never been easier to live an exploration-free life\, without th
 e struggle and uncertainty that true exploration—of places\, experiences\,
  and ideas—requires. With the digital world designed to exploit the neural
  circuitry behind our drive to explore\, we receive the illusion of novelt
 y without accompanying growth. \n\nFrom paddling the lost rivers of the no
 rthern Canadian wilderness to the ocean-spanning voyages of the Polynesian
 s\, The Explorer’s Gene combines riveting stories of exploration with cutt
 ing-edge insights from behavioral psychology and neuroscience. The end res
 ult offers a singular approach to finding meaning in our past struggles\, 
 embracing the possibility of failure in our future\, and crucially\, recog
 nizing when our present is good enough.\n\nRegister now to participate in 
 this timelessly relevant discussion.\n\nAbout the Author: Alex Hutchinson 
 is a National Magazine Award-winning science journalist with a big-picture
  focus on human performance and particular interests in fitness\, enduranc
 e sports\, and the outdoors. He is Outside magazine’s longtime Sweat Scien
 ce columnist\, and his writing also appears in The Atlantic\, The New York
 er\, and elsewhere. Before journalism\, he was a postdoctoral physicist at
  the National Security Agency and a long-distance runner for the Canadian 
 national team. He lives in Toronto with his wife and daughters.\n\nThe vie
 ws expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program
  does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Refer
 ence to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement 
 or recommendation by Massanutten Regional Library.
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DESCRIPTION:In The Explorer’s Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges\, New Flavor
 s\, and the Blank Spots on the Map\, Alex Hutchinson dives headfirst into 
 a fascinating and provocative new field of research\, examining how explor
 ation is a fundamental part of what makes us human.\n\nOff the beaten path
 \, on unmarked trails\, we are wired to explore. More than just a need to 
 get outside\, the search for the unknown is a specific\, primal urge that 
 has shaped the history of our species and continues to mold our behavior i
 n ways we are just beginning to understand. In fact\, the latest neuroscie
 nce suggests that exploration is an essential ingredient of human life. Ex
 ploration\, it turns out\, isn’t merely a hobby—it’s our story.\n\nAnd yet
 \, it has never been easier to live an exploration-free life\, without the
  struggle and uncertainty that true exploration—of places\, experiences\, 
 and ideas—requires. With the digital world designed to exploit the neural 
 circuitry behind our drive to explore\, we receive the illusion of novelty
  without accompanying growth. \n\nFrom paddling the lost rivers of the nor
 thern Canadian wilderness to the ocean-spanning voyages of the Polynesians
 \, The Explorer’s Gene combines riveting stories of exploration with cutti
 ng-edge insights from behavioral psychology and neuroscience. The end resu
 lt offers a singular approach to finding meaning in our past struggles\, e
 mbracing the possibility of failure in our future\, and crucially\, recogn
 izing when our present is good enough.\n\nRegister now to participate in t
 his timelessly relevant discussion.\n\nAbout the Author: Alex Hutchinson i
 s a National Magazine Award-winning science journalist with a big-picture 
 focus on human performance and particular interests in fitness\, endurance
  sports\, and the outdoors. He is Outside magazine’s longtime Sweat Scienc
 e columnist\, and his writing also appears in The Atlantic\, The New Yorke
 r\, and elsewhere. Before journalism\, he was a postdoctoral physicist at 
 the National Security Agency and a long-distance runner for the Canadian n
 ational team. He lives in Toronto with his wife and daughters.\n\nThe view
 s expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program 
 does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Refere
 nce to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement o
 r recommendation by Massanutten Regional Library.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Alex Hutchinson
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