avatar

Babbage: The fast and the spurious

Babbage from The Economist
Babbage from The Economist
Episode • Sep 2, 2020 • 26m

Governments around the world are approving covid-19 drugs and vaccines at an unprecedented speed, but Natasha Loder, The Economist's Health Policy Editor, warns of the dangers that this could cause. Also, is Elon Musk's plan to link a computer to human brains science or spin? And, take a deep breath—author James Nestor on improving the quality of our breathing. Kenneth Cukier hosts. 


Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:

www.economist.com/podcastoffer



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Switch to the Fountain App