How technology rewires our thoughts, with Shumon Basar

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English - July 22, 2020 08:36 - 54 minutes - 85.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
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“You may think that the feeling you're feeling is happening because of you. But in reality that's actually a performance that's being scripted by some very clever search engine in Silicone Valley."

Turi talks to futurist Shumon Basar about how technology is transforming the way we think and feel. What is the extreme present? How has the digital world rewired our experience of time? Are algorithms changing the way we perform emotions? How is that subverting the relationship between humans and our technology?