Hastings: We're eroding our collective cognitive capital. Well-being as a global economy depends on how healthy our brains are. Every year our elected representatives get older and older, he says. Hastings: Have you thought at all about what it means that we just have quite frankly older and older brains running the country?
Nita Farahany, a professor of law at Duke University and the author of “The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology,” joins Scott to discuss the threat to our privacy and freedom of thought, and the future of neurotechnology. Follow Nita on Twitter, @NitaFarahany.
Scott opens by discussing the Biden Administration’s announcement that chip manufacturers that access $150M+ funding from the CHIPS Act must provide childcare. He then shares his thoughts on the bipartisan effort to take action against TikTok.
Algebra of Happiness: expressing love.
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