Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

As a task becomes automated, the parts of the brain involved in conscious reasoning become less active and other parts of the brain take over. You could call it the “OK plateau,” the point at which you decide you’re OK with how good you are at something, turn on autopilot, and stop improving.

This was a fun book. Half biographical, and half research piece. This was one of the big insights I pulled away from it.