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S1E103
Homo Techno
January 07, 2023
“Homo Techno” features stories—including that of a paralyzed former gang member who received brain implants allowing him to move a robotic arm by pure thought—that prompt Lightman to think about how advances in science and technology are causing us to evolve into a new species, Homo Techno, part human and part machine. What essential qualities will we want to preserve? Curiosity? Anger? Love?
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The Stars & The Osprey
S1E101
Alan reconciles transcendent experiences with the material world of atoms and molecules.
The Big & The Small
S1E102
Explore the fact that humans are almost the same distance between an atom and a star.
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