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Spark | Jan 4, 2013 | 10:41

The Global Brain of the Internet

Tiffany Shlain on her TED book/documentary, Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks. Can cutting-edge research in brain development teach us anything about how we shape the electronic global “brain” of the internet? Can we share lessons between neurons and networks in the way we nurture and develop both?

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