David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #119

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Released

August 26, 2020

Duration

1h 41m

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Lex Fridman Podcast

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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 Incognito (book): https://amzn.to/3lkNASh PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 5:05 - 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 CONNECT:

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🎤 SPEAKERS

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• David Eagleman

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and David Eagleman, David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #119 explores david Eagleman Explores Our Livewired Brains, Tech, and Human Potential Lex Fridman and neuroscientist David Eagleman discuss neuroplasticity and Eagleman’s concept of the “livewired” brain—an organ that is constantly restructuring itself rather than fixed hardware running software. They explore how different brain regions have distinct plasticity windows, how experience sculpts who we become, and why human adaptability makes brain–machine interfaces and new senses possible. The conversation also touches on ethics, law, group behavior, AI’s limits relative to human cognition, and Eagleman’s startup creating wearable devices that stream new information channels into the brain. Throughout, Eagleman argues that our brains remain far more adaptable—and our future far more open—than we usually assume.

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