Will our brainpower soon be exponentially enhanced by technology? Or will the world turn into a Terminator movie? Can genetics overcome its early history of racism?In this week's episode of Big Think's <a href="http://bit.ly/BigThinkAgain">Think Again</a> podcast, host <a href="http://bigthink.com/experts/jasongots">Jason Gots</a> is joined by poet and educator <a href="http://www.clintsmithiii.com/">Clint Smith</a>. Two interview clips from <a href="http://bigthink.com/videos/ray-kurzweil-your-cloud-enhanced-brain-will-be-exponentially-better-at-pattern-recognition">Ray Kurzweil</a> and <a href="http://bigthink.com/videos/what-are-you-worth-getting-past-status-anxiety-2">Alain de Botton</a> launch a discussion of human potential, social status, and identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Will our brainpower soon be exponentially enhanced by technology? Or will the world turn into a Terminator movie? Can genetics overcome its early history of racism? In this week's episode of Big Think's Think Again podcast, host Jason Gots is joined by poet and educator Clint Smith. Two interview clips from Ray Kurzweil and Alain de Botton launch a discussion of human potential, social status, and identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will our brainpower soon be exponentially enhanced by technology? Or will the world turn into a Terminator movie? Can genetics overcome its early history of racism?In this week's episode of Big Think's&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/BigThinkAgain" rel="noopener noreferrer">Think Again</a>&nbsp;podcast, host&nbsp;<a href="http://bigthink.com/experts/jasongots" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jason Gots</a>&nbsp;is joined by poet and educator&nbsp;<a href="http://www.clintsmithiii.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Clint Smith</a>. Two interview clips from&nbsp;<a href="http://bigthink.com/videos/ray-kurzweil-your-cloud-enhanced-brain-will-be-exponentially-better-at-pattern-recognition" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ray Kurzweil</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://bigthink.com/videos/what-are-you-worth-getting-past-status-anxiety-2" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alain de Botton</a>&nbsp;launch a discussion of human potential, social status, and identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

5. Clint Smith (Poet, Educator) – Genetics/Racism/Harvard

We surprise some of the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. With host Jason Gots and special guests Neil Gaiman, Alan Alda, Salman Rushdie, Mary-Louise Parker, Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Saul Williams, Henry Rollins, Bill Nye, George Takei, Maria Popova, and many more . . . You've got 10 minutes with Einstein. What do you talk about? Black holes? Time travel? Why not gambling? The Art of War? Contemporary parenting? Some of the best conversations happen when we're pushed outside of our comfort zones. So each week on Think Again, we surprise smart people you've probably heard of with hand-picked gems from Big Think's interview archives on every imaginable subject. The conversation could go anywhere. SINCE 2008, BIG THINK has captured on video the best ideas of the world’s leading thinkers and doers in every field, renowned experts including neurologist Oliver Sacks, physicist Stephen Hawking, behavioral psychologist Daniel Kahneman, authors Margaret Atwood and Marylinne Robinson, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, painter Chuck Close, and philosopher Daniel Dennett.

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