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A Farsighted look at Elon Musk's plan to make us cyborgs, and 'Cyborg' on the big screen (Farsighted Podcast, Ep 6)

The crew discusses Neuralink, which will pursue a brain-machine mind meld, as well as which superhero franchises most excite and frustrate us.

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Bonnie Burton
Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star Wars Craft Book, Girls Against Girls, Draw Star Wars, Planets in Peril and more! E-mail Bonnie.
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Kelsey Adams Senior copy editor / Reviews
CNET senior copy editor and contributor Kelsey Adams was raised by computer programmers and writers, so she communicates best by keyboard. Loves genre fiction, RPGs, action movies; has long, fraught relationship with comics. Come talk to her on Twitter.
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Stephen Beacham Senior Manager, Video Programming
I'm an award-winning Video Producer and Host for CNET.com focusing on How-To video, AI, and environmental technologies. I lead Ziff Davis' video programming strategy and am responsible for managing and optimizing CNET Group's YouTube channels by developing and implementing our publishing and subscriber growth strategies. I also serve as CNET Group's Live Events Producer and Live Streaming Engineer coordinating our team coverage of big tech events since 2011. I come from an audio production background as a Music Producer, Audio Engineer, and Mixer and have worked with multi-platinum artists including Green Day, Smash Mouth, and Lenny Kravitz. Today, I continue to produce and mix records for artists and bands spanning a wide range of genres and have been building a list of credits sound designing and mixing short films.
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Eric Mack Contributing Editor
Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy and water independent on his off-grid compound in the New Mexico desert. Eric uses his passion for writing about energy, renewables, science and climate to bring educational content to life on topics around the solar panel and deregulated energy industries. Eric helps consumers by demystifying solar, battery, renewable energy, energy choice concepts, and also reviews solar installers. Previously, Eric covered space, science, climate change and all things futuristic. His encrypted email for tips is ericcmack@protonmail.com.
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FARSIGHTED SHOW NOTES AND LINKS:

Elon Musk's new company said to seek brain-computer link

We are already cyborgs | Elon Musk | Code Conference 2016

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JUSTICE LEAGUE - Official Trailer 1

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Teaser Trailer 2 | In Theaters July 21

'Iron Fist' review: Too grounded to punch out of Marvel mold

Legion Official Trailer #1 [HD] | An Original Series From FX and Marvel

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ERIC MACK AND CONTRIBUTORS
CNET contributor and lead "Crowd Control" writer Eric Mack asked readers to help him write a science fiction novel, and hundreds from around the world -- more than 120 who shared their names and many more anonymous -- collaborated via a single Google Doc, working under a Creative Commons license to shape the rough draft of a story. From that draft, CNET created the novel you're reading now.
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BONNIE BURTON
Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star Wars Craft Book, Girls Against Girls, Draw Star Wars, Planets in Peril and more! E-mail Bonnie.
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KELSEY ADAMS
Senior copy editor / Reviews
CNET senior copy editor and contributor Kelsey Adams was raised by computer programmers and writers, so she communicates best by keyboard. Loves genre fiction, RPGs, action movies; has long, fraught relationship with comics. Come talk to her on Twitter.
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STEPHEN BEACHAM
Senior Manager, Video Programming
I'm an award-winning Video Producer and Host for CNET.com focusing on How-To video, AI, and environmental technologies. I lead Ziff Davis' video programming strategy and am responsible for managing and optimizing CNET Group's YouTube channels by developing and implementing our publishing and subscriber growth strategies. I also serve as CNET Group's Live Events Producer and Live Streaming Engineer coordinating our team coverage of big tech events since 2011. I come from an audio production background as a Music Producer, Audio Engineer, and Mixer and have worked with multi-platinum artists including Green Day, Smash Mouth, and Lenny Kravitz. Today, I continue to produce and mix records for artists and bands spanning a wide range of genres and have been building a list of credits sound designing and mixing short films.
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ERIC MACK
Contributing Editor
Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy and water independent on his off-grid compound in the New Mexico desert. Eric uses his passion for writing about energy, renewables, science and climate to bring educational content to life on topics around the solar panel and deregulated energy industries. Eric helps consumers by demystifying solar, battery, renewable energy, energy choice concepts, and also reviews solar installers. Previously, Eric covered space, science, climate change and all things futuristic. His encrypted email for tips is ericcmack@protonmail.com.