#119 – David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain

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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Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

OUTLINE:

00:00 – Introduction

05:05 – Livewired

16:39 – Hardware vs software

25:53 – Brain-computer interfaces

35:12 – 2020 is a challenge for neuroplasticity

46:08 – Free will

50:43 – Nature of evil

58:55 – Psychiatry

1:06:28 – GPT-3

1:13:31 – Intelligence in the brain

1:21:51 – Neosensory

1:31:27 – Book recommendations

1:34:07 – Meaning of life

1:36:53 – Advice for young people