TED: Your words may predict your future mental health | Mariano Sigman

The video explores the evolution of human thought, focusing on Julian Jaynes' hypothesis that consciousness as we know it is a recent development. It discusses the methodology of creating a 'space of words' to analyze historical texts for introspection. The analysis is applied to Greek and Judeo-Christian traditions, showing a pattern of increasing introspection. The video concludes with the potential of using language analysis to predict mental health issues, highlighting a study on predicting psychosis in at-risk individuals.

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