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Edward Harcourt

Edward Harcourt

Philosopher and professor

Jul 27, 2026

11:55
That's not as reassuring as I was hoping you were going to be, Edward.
11:58
Well, I'll come back to the illusion point in a minute.
12:02
But take writing.
12:03
People will often say small screens are rewiring our children's brains.
12:08
And no doubt they are.
12:09
But literacy rewired our brains, right? Because there are huge bits of our brains that were not used.
12:16
before writing was invented.

17 MINS LATER

28:58
But if we were to improve these things to be safer for parents, children or indeed adults to interact with? What might that look like?

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