I wrote a book! It reflects my personal journey to understand: What will it take to develop new treatments for brain and mental disorders? Starting with "understanding" the brain - what do we most need to know? And what's our collective Grand Plan to know it?
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243054/elusive-cures
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243054/elusive-cures
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Much of the book focuses on dynamical systems as the path forward, but that's an infinite. Which ideas/tools will be most key for the through-line from understanding to treatments? That's the convo I hope we can all have more of.
On a side note: I was very happy to see that this is not priced at the lunatic end of academic publisher editions!
In the meantime, if you are curious to hear a slice, this talk captures it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m47qHAJftR4
More seriously - congrats! It looks really interesting
Thank you!! It was a journey. It started with a question. I wrote one and then a second answer down and when I stepped back, realized, "nope". Then I saw the answer.