Introduction: The seat of our identity The brain is the seat of our identity. Our thoughts, feelings, desires, decisions. The agony and the ecstasy. But can we harness the brain’s powers to work for us, or maybe we are slaves to our own brain’s mechanics? The story of two people will reveal the confusing interplay between ‘us’ and ‘our brain’. And how much of our behavior is controlled by the 3 pounds between our ears.
