The myth of the quantified baby


Coming up today: the unseasy rise of YouTube’s viral chiropractors, the myth of the quantified baby and why the government’s green numberplate scheme is hypocrisy at its absolute finest.

Join the WIRED Bookclub! We’re reading Super Pumped, by Mike Isaac. Find out more and read an extract here: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-book-club-superpumped

The stories we talked about this week:

A New Crispr Technique Could Fix Almost All Genetic Diseases
https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-crispr-technique-could-fix-many-more-genetic-diseases/

I tracked everything my baby did until nothing made sense any more
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/quantified-baby

Crack addicts are turning YouTube chiropractors into huge viral stars
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/youtube-chiropractors

The UK’s plan to put green plates on electric cars is dumb hypocrisy
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/electric-car-green-number-plate

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Show produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Brian Satis

Brian is WhatPod's Technology Editor. San Jose resident and veteran of the first Silicon Valley tech boom, Brian is founder of Duotone Game Studio and a contributing writer for Synthetic Dimensions, Podzone and Tech News Monthly.Got a podcast to suggest ? Contact Brian (brian.satis@whatpod.com.au)