The Philosophical Baby — Why Focus Might Be a Cognitive Limitation

Crisis in Perception · May 4, 2026 · 39m

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

Author: Alison Gopnik

This episode explores The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik as a systems-level analysis of how human development structures cognition through a tradeoff between exploration and execution.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than individual behavior, the episode shows why this system persists — and how it connects to broader biological, social, and institutional structures.

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