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I am your host, Michael Covel, not filtered, raw, honest.

That's my passion.

My guest today is Nita Farahani, and I have to tell you this is one of those conversations

that I did not expect to exactly have.

We've got all kinds of problems with liberty right now, but did you know we might have

a coming problem of cognitive liberty?

That's right.

They're coming for what's in your mind. Not just what you can see. They're

coming for your thoughts, your feelings, your imagination. And they might try to regulate it. They

might try to censor it. They might try to control it. I always enjoy these conversations.

I always enjoy this podcast.

Without any further delay, let's jump right in today and discuss the battle for your brain with Nita Farahani.

I hope you enjoy this conversation.

I hope you enjoy this conversation. I would have to say that in going through your world and thinking about the topic we're going to talk about today, even though you don't sound depressing or frightening, this is one depressing and frightening topic in a way.

It's not exactly fun.

It could be the downsides of technology and especially this one are not fun.

The downsides of this really are very dystopian.

But the upsides are also incredibly promising. But hold on, I'm not going to

let you go to you. I want to step back for a second. I just wanted to frame it as we don't have to

start with depression. Yeah, well, you've got me. I'm wondering how a professor of law is still talking

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