If we have any chance of prevailing against the life challenges we currently face (multiple wars, global warming, environmental pollution, and so on), we must train our brains in new ways of observing and thinking. What’s needed is to hone our ability to discover underappreciated links between seemingly unrelated forces. The brain, with its billions of neuronal connections, seems ideally suited for doing that, since every neuron is at least potentially influenced and is influencing an unknown number of other neurons. Using the brain as our model, what’s required is a recognition of the need to “up our game” when it comes to understanding causation and interrelation. Take the factors already recognized as contributing to global warming. Increased heat leads to dryness, fires, and smoke, which, in combination, damage the brain. Only recently have wars been added to the litany of contributors to global warming and brain damage. When you thought of global warming, did wars, as significant contributing factors, come to mind? Probably not, since the science supporting the relationship is recent. Take the …