Unlocking Morphogenesis: How Stress Shapes Collective Intelligence

Michael Levin discusses his paper, “Stress sharing as cognitive glue for collective intelligences: A computational model of stress as a coordinator for morphogenesis.” 🚩 The Paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X2400932X 🎥 Chapters ❶ Stress & Communication 0:00 Intro 1:48 Cognitive glue 5:30 Does shared stress improve morphogenesis? 10:45 Cells can’t distinguish between internal & external stress (metadata) 13:20 Is there stress sharing within cells? 15:40 Geometric frustration 18:15 Parkour… reservoir ❷ The Experiment 20:25 Testing 27:00 Results 30:00 Another interesting result 32:50 Need to be within the system ❸ Consequences 35:20 Cells that don’t communicate stress… 42:40 Benefit of stress sharing greater later in evolution 46:10 Balance between sharing stress? 47:20 Stigmergy 49:50 Andy Clark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_mind_thesis 53:20 Stress in everyday life 55:40 Future of this research 🚀 What is this channel? Exploring Truth in philosophy, science, & art. We'll uncover concepts from psychology, mythology, spirituality, literature, media, and more. If you like Lex Fridman or Curt Jaimungal, you'll love this educational channel. #Stress #Morphogenesis #Biology #Intelligence #Developmental #Cells #Research #Evolution #Cognitive #Homeostasis #Coordination #Systems #Science #Discovery