#119 – David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain

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Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

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🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 102 minutes

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0:00.0	The following is a conversation with David Egoman, a neuroscientist and one of the great
0:05.1	science communicators of our time, exploring the beauty and mystery of the human brain.
0:10.9	He's an author of a lot of amazing books about the human mind and his new one called LiveWired.
0:18.0	LiveWired is a work of ten years on a topic that is fascinating to me, which is Neuroplasticity
0:24.6	or the malleability of the human brain.
0:27.9	Like summary of the sponsors, I'll find it greens, better help, and cash app.
0:32.8	Click the sponsor links in the description to get a discount and to support this podcast.
0:37.8	As a side note, let me say that the adaptability of the human mind at the biological, chemical,
0:44.4	cognitive, psychological, and even sociological levels is the very thing that captivated me
0:50.8	many years ago when I first began to wonder how we might engineer something like it in
0:56.3	the machine.
0:57.7	The open question today in the 21st century is what are the limits of this adaptability?
1:03.8	As new, smarter and smarter devices and AI systems come to life, or as better and better
1:09.6	brain computer interfaces are engineered, will our brain be able to adapt, to catch up,
1:15.0	to excel?
1:16.5	I personally believe yes, that we're far from reaching the limitation of the human mind
1:21.5	and the human brain, just as we are far from reaching the limitations of our computational
1:27.0	systems.
1:28.0	If you enjoy this thing, subscribe on YouTube, review it with 5 stars on Apple Podcast,
1:33.4	follow on Spotify, support on Patreon, and connect with me on Twitter, and Lex Friedman.
1:40.1	As usual, I'll do a few minutes of ads now and no ads in the middle.
1:43.4	I try to make these interesting, but I give you timestamps so you can skip.
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