On Sunday’s Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC, the host and her guests analyzed President Obama’s proposed Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, or BRAIN, initiative.
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The discussion includes what Perry calls the “space-versus-civil rights paradigm” and the perception that when we put money toward one effort, we’ll miss other, more urgent issues.
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