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Ep10 "Why is it so hard to spot a counterfeit bill?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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The Future of Currencies

Eagleman: If you're going to start a new country, take this podcast as free advice for how to do your bills. The human visual system is never going to notice security features that are buried in other details. And if you give your brain any excuse to believe it knows what's out there, it will take shortcuts and make extra assumptions. Whenever you want to improve society, you have to do your best to understand the details of the brains that comprise that society.

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