Primal Intelligence
You Are Smarter Than You Know
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Primal Intelligence
Narrated by:
Angus Fletcher
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Angus Fletcher
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Angus Fletcher
About this listen
How are some people so much smarter than the rest of us? Where do visionary creatives and savvy decision-makers like Vincent van Gogh, Steve Jobs, Abraham Lincoln, Maya Angelou, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Wayne Gretzky, Warren Buffett, and William Shakespeare get their extraordinary mental abilities?
In 2021, researchers at Ohio State’s Project Narrative, renowned for collaborations with NASA, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley, announced they had the answer. They named it Primal Intelligence. And they published scientific proof that Primal Intelligence was impossible for computers—but could be strengthened in humans.
Intrigued, U.S. Army Special Operations developed Primal training for its most classified units. The training succeeded. The Operators saw the future faster. They healed quicker from trauma. In life-and-death situations, they chose wiser.
The Army then authorized trials on civilian entrepreneurs, doctors, engineers, managers, salesforces, coaches, teachers, investors, and NFL players. Their leadership and innovation improved significantly. They coped better with change and uncertainty. They experienced less anger and anxiety. Finally, the Army provided Primal training to college and K-12 classrooms. It produced substantial effects in students as young as eight.
That revolutionary training is now available for the first time in this book. It’s not an optimization hack or a cheat code. It’s a different way of using your brain. It offers a new neuroscientific approach to intuition, imagination, emotion, and commonsense, helping you think more like van Gogh and Jobs, Lincoln and Shakespeare.
It’s your edge over AI. Your human genius. Your Primal Intelligence.
* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF containing visuals, a Primal Self-Assessment Quiz, and a list of further reading on Primal Intelligence from the book.
Critic Reviews
"Groundbreaking."
—U.S. Army
"Primal Intelligence delivers a fascinating exploration of human potential that will change how you think about thinking. With virtuosic range, Fletcher reveals why Shakespeare matters to Navy SEALs, what van Gogh can teach us about innovation, how Marie Curie’s intuition transformed the field of physics, and much more. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to thrive in an uncertain world.”
—Daniel Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Regret and Drive
"Primal Intelligence confirms what I have long suspected about Angus Fletcher. He has never had an uninteresting thought."—Malcolm Gladwell
"Curious, intriguing, and accessible...Fletcher helps us see what we are capable of—and how to sharpen our own innate human smarts."—Wall Street Journal
"Angus is one of the most original thinkers I’ve come across. His core idea is simple but powerful: in volatile, high-uncertainty environments, intuition and imagination outperform logic and data. AI may be fast, but humans still win at adapting, storytelling, and spotting the exceptions. And what I love most about his work is how deeply interdisciplinary it is."—Big Think
—U.S. Army
"Primal Intelligence delivers a fascinating exploration of human potential that will change how you think about thinking. With virtuosic range, Fletcher reveals why Shakespeare matters to Navy SEALs, what van Gogh can teach us about innovation, how Marie Curie’s intuition transformed the field of physics, and much more. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to thrive in an uncertain world.”
—Daniel Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Regret and Drive
"Primal Intelligence confirms what I have long suspected about Angus Fletcher. He has never had an uninteresting thought."—Malcolm Gladwell
"Curious, intriguing, and accessible...Fletcher helps us see what we are capable of—and how to sharpen our own innate human smarts."—Wall Street Journal
"Angus is one of the most original thinkers I’ve come across. His core idea is simple but powerful: in volatile, high-uncertainty environments, intuition and imagination outperform logic and data. AI may be fast, but humans still win at adapting, storytelling, and spotting the exceptions. And what I love most about his work is how deeply interdisciplinary it is."—Big Think
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