Why are the majority of stock trades decided by algorithms at timescales we can scarcely conceive of? What is it like to have the speed and power of a computer, and to be dealing with slow humans? Why are movies compelling, given that they are just a series of photographs flashed rapidly? And what happens if we someday discover planets with creatures who operate on totally different time scales? Join Eagleman this week for a deep dive into speed: the speed at which we operate, the speed at which our machines operate, and what this all means for the future as the divergence grows larger.

Ep144 "How do things last?" Part 2: Millennia with Alexander Rose
55:49

Ep143 "How do things last?" Part 1: neurons to civilizations
44:22

Ep142 "Do breakthroughs require rule-breakers?" with Eric Weinstein
1:32:59