In bending, an original is modified or twisted out of shape.
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bending, breaking and blending
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But more than keeping ourselves alive, we use these mental tools to flesh out worlds that don’t exist.
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Simulating futures comes with the benefits of safety: we try out moves in our minds before trying them out in the world.
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We are masters at generating alternative realities, taking what is and transforming it into a panoply of what-ifs.
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But automated behavior can’t innovate. Mediated behavior is how we generate novelty.
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Humans live inside a competition between automated behavior, which reflects habits, and mediated behavior, which defeats them.
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Make-believe though they are, zombies show us something important about the natural world: creatures throughout the animal kingdom run mostly on automated behavior.
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Brains seek a balance between exploiting previously-learned knowledge and exploring new possibilities