Ep 97 "Can we rewrite the human code?" (with Trevor Martin)
You're defined in part by the genome you arrive with -- so what does it mean when you can edit it? What does this have to do with viruses, copy-pasting, and whether we will modify the story of our own...
24 Maalis 202546min
Ep96 "What’s the future of education in an AI world?" (Part 2: Sal Khan)
Now that we’re careening into our AI future, what are the most important things for our students to learn? Do we keep teaching as we always have, do we drop our heads on the desk, or are there clever ...
17 Maalis 202552min
Ep95 "What's the future of education in an AI world?" (Part 1)
How can we rethink schools to meet the future? What does this have to do with the invention of the printing press, the prevalence of desk calculators, or the spread of Google? And how is this connecte...
10 Maalis 202546min
Ep94 "How does the brain construct reality?"
Do you perceive red the same way I do? What is wrong with the textbook model of vision? Why do brains have so many internal feedback loops? And what does any of this have to do with Plato’s cave, Erne...
3 Maalis 20251h 7min
David Eagleman on Joy A Podcast. Hosted by Craig Ferguson
Meet David Eagleman - neuroscientist, author, and more. He is best known for his work on sensory substitution, time perception, brain plasticity, synesthesia, and neurolaw and is currently a neuroscie...
28 Helmi 202550min
Ep93 "Will AI kill our creativity or enhance it?"
How will creative people make a living in a world with AI? Is there a different way to think about the economy of the future -- and how might it involve mystifying and elevating humans? What does the ...
24 Helmi 202534min
Ep92 "Why is it hard to keep a secret?"
How are secrets in the brain like Abraham Lincoln’s political cabinet? Will AI in the near future hide things from you? And what does any of this have to do with political hierarchies, the formula for...
17 Helmi 202542min
Ep91 "What is love?"
What are we talking about neurobiologically when we talk about love? What does it have to do with how you were raised, the symmetry of someone's face, or the smell of their underarms? What do we learn...
10 Helmi 202549min
