Lex Fridman Podcast
#119 – David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain
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David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford.
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Episode links:
David’s Website: https://www.eagleman.com/
David’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/davideagleman
Livewired (book): https://amzn.to/3ba4ezv
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OUTLINE:
– Introduction
– Livewired
– Hardware vs software
– Brain-computer interfaces
– 2020 is a challenge for neuroplasticity
– Free will
– Nature of evil
– Psychiatry
– GPT-3
– Intelligence in the brain
– Neosensory
– Book recommendations
– Meaning of life
– Advice for young people
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