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02: Our Brains and Technology

02: Our Brains and Technology

FromHumans vs. Machines with Gary Marcus


02: Our Brains and Technology

FromHumans vs. Machines with Gary Marcus

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Aug 31, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Host of this season’s The World as You’ll Know It, Kurt Andersen, speaks with Alison Gopnik, cognitive scientist, author, and professor of psychology at the University of California Berkeley, about the way technology is shaping the way we think, learn and make decisions. 
ALISON GOPNIK is a professor of psychology at the University of California Berkeley. Gopnik is a psychologist and cognitive scientist specializing in the study of children’s learning and development. She’s the author of several books including “The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind” and “The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life” among others.
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Released:
Aug 31, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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