There’s an idea in David Eagleman’s Livewired that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this week. Here’s the setup: our brains have a physical map of our bodies printed on them. You touch this part of your brain—blam!—your elbow just felt that. You go down and—double blam!—it’ll feel as if your forearm has...

As humans, we border on an OBSESSION of control. We are control freaks - we want everything the way we want it. If we cannot have it that way, we will try to force the universe’s hand Let’s do a thought experiment and see what we can ACTUALLY control in this life. 1. How much you put yourself out into the world# You...

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The way this book introduces its world is fantastic. It was a slow reveal behind the eyes of an artificial friend named Klara. Whose innocence and observations creates a truly delightful narrative. We start with Klara inside a store waiting to be purchased and interacting with other artificial friends. What struck...