
S2E10: New Media, Old Story
Sep 4, 2019 - 38:15
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We’ve used electricity to treat our brains for thousands of years, from placing electric fish on our heads to cure migraines to using electroconvulsive therapy to alleviate depression. But over time, our focus has shifte...
S1E2: The Body Electric is an episode from The Secret History of the Future by Slate. We’ve used electricity to treat our brains for thousands of years, from placing electric fish on our heads to cure migraines to using electroconvulsive th...
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Published Sep 12, 2018, 33:53 long, audio available.
We’ve used electricity to treat our brains for thousands of years, from placing electric fish on our heads to cure migraines to using electroconvulsive therapy to alleviate depression. But over time, our focus has shifted from restoring health to augmenting our abilities. Should we be wearing battery-powered caps to improve our concentration, or implanting electricity-emitting devices to expand our thinking capacity? Guests include: Brian Johnson, CEO of Kernel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S1E2: The Body Electric is an episode from The Secret History of the Future by Slate.
This episode is 33:53 long.
This episode was published on Sep 12, 2018.
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S1E2: The Body Electric is from The Secret History of the Future by Slate.
Published Sep 12, 2018 and 33:53 long