I presented some information about marksmanship, right, the work that we had done on expert marksmen,

essentially showing that they had brain patterns that proved their expertise, right,

and then used a neurofeedback paradigm to actually get novices to look a little bit more like those

experts over time.

As we look at human machine teaming, I think we're going to get to a point where we are

networked as units, right? We are not just communicating with one another verbally or through hand gestures, but we're

actually maybe potentially connected in some ways so that we know each other's states.

We're better able to synchronize, better able to work together as a team, whether that's a

human, human, human team or maybe a human augmented team.

Hey, welcome back to another episode of the Modern War Institute podcast.

I'm John Amble, editorial director at MWI, and this episode features a really fascinating

conversation I got the chance to have with Dr. Amy Cruz.

She is the chief scientific officer at the Platypus Institute, a pretty

groundbreaking organization that takes some of the most cutting-edge developments in the field

of neuroscience and explores how they can be turned into practical programs that enhance human

performance. Dr. Cruz talks about a notion she calls Human 2.0. What she describes is a vision

of where we are headed as humans,

especially in terms of cognitive performance. She also describes how that vision overlays on

the cognitive demands of war and how those cognitive demands might change as the character

of warfare changes. It's a pretty remarkable discussion, but before we get to it, really

quickly a couple notes.

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