Mind the Gap: Your Brain Is Busy While You're Out Cold

[curious] So picture this — a patient is lying on an operating table in a neuroscience lab, completely under anesthesia. Out cold. And the researchers are playing them sentences... words strung together in careful patterns. [surprised] And the patient's brain? It's not just passively absorbing noise. It's learning. It's actually predicting what word comes next — while the person is unconscious....

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [enthusiastic] Mind the Gap. We'll see you Monday.

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