Lessons from the Cutting‎-Edge of Neuroscience‎:‎ ‎"‎Remapping‎"‎ to Thrive in the New Global Economy‎!‎ ‎"‎Do you ever wonder how you think‎?‎ If you do‎,‎ this book will fascinate and inform you‎.‎ If you don‎'‎t‎,‎ you will after reading this book‎.‎ Either way‎,‎ you‎'‎ll enjoy learning how we don‎'‎t usually do it as we think we do‎,‎ how we may do it better for that very reason‎,‎ and how we may do it still better once we understand‎.‎‎"‎ ‎-Thomas C‎.‎ Schelling‎,‎ 2005 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics‎,‎ Distinguished University Professor‎,‎ Emeritus‎,‎ University of Maryland Drawing on cutting‎-edge research in the neurosciences‎,‎ Wired for Survival illuminates the surprising security implications of rapid change in the emerging economies and develops practical‎,‎ technically sound ways to face the challenges of global change‎.‎ Researcher and consultant Margaret M‎.‎ Polski begins by uncovering the remarkable neurobiological underpinnings of policy‎.‎ Polski reveals why the most effective political and economic policies are codified not in law‎,‎ treaty‎,‎ or culture‎,‎ but in the networks embedded in our bodies and brains‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎and how protecting our prosperity requires us to adapt those networks to radically new realities‎.‎ Next‎,‎ Polski applies these fresh insights to three critical security issues‎:‎ how best to defend our national interests‎;‎ to take offensive action to protect our interests‎;‎ and to strengthen our financial system‎.‎ Finally‎,‎ she provides ‎"‎rules for the road‎"‎ that can be applied to a world of problems‎:‎ how best to compete in global markets‎;‎ to build stronger‎,‎ more secure communities‎;‎ to manage energy and other key resources‎;‎ to invest in and secure critical infrastructure‎;‎ to address the structural impacts of trade‎;‎ and to manage tomorrow‎'‎s catastrophes‎,‎ both natural and man‎-made‎.‎ As a political economist‎,‎ executive‎,‎ government advisor‎,‎ and consultant‎,‎ Polski has spent more than two decades devising strategies for surviving change in the global political economy‎.‎ Now‎,‎ drawing on the breakthrough research in social neuroscience‎,‎ she offers insights that will help you thrive‎,‎ not just survive‎!‎ ‎"‎First‎,‎ kill all the pundits and policy wonks‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎‎"‎ Why you‎'‎ll make better decisions by thinking for yourself‎-and how to do it Thinking in the wild Uncovering the intuitive interactions between our minds‎,‎ bodies‎,‎ and 21st century environment Overcoming our biases‎,‎ our histories‎,‎ and our vulnerability to groupthink Mastering the deep motivations that traditional economics doesn‎'‎t understand