Health UnaBASHEd: John Nosta on AI, Humanity, and the Price of Shortcuts

Cognitive Age or Cognitive Cage? John Nosta on AI, Humanity, and the Price of Shortcuts On this landmark fifth appearance on the show, digital health innovator and author John Nosta joins Gil for a conversation that crackles with intellectual honesty and hard-won wisdom. Drawing from his new book The Borrowed Mind: Reclaiming Human Thought in the Age of AI, Nosta traces his personal journey from AI enthusiast to cautious critic, not of the technology, but of what we risk surrendering to it. From "cognitive offloading" and the death of productive intellectual friction to why AI and human intelligence live on entirely different axes, this episode is essential listening for anyone navigating the convergence of technology and health.