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NPR’s Manoush Zomorodi talks about living with too much tech

Manoush Zamorodi is an accomplished reporter, podcast host, and author. Her new book, Body Electric, takes a comprehensive look at how technology is impacting our physical health. It's a collaboration between NPR and Columbia University Medical Center that picks up where her first title, Bored and Brilliant, left off. That book looked at how technology […] Manoush Zomorodi tackled tech’s effect on our brains, now she’s looking at our bodies. | Image: Tory WIlliams Manoush Zamorodi is an accomplished reporter, podcast host, and author. Her new book, Body Electric , takes a comprehensive look at how technology is impacting our physical health . It's a collaboration between NPR and Columbia University Medical Center that picks up where her first title, Bored and Brilliant , left off. That book looked at how technology was hampering our mental health. I highly recommend it to anyone wh

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According to The Verge’s source item, NPR’s Manoush Zomorodi talks about living with too much tech, Manoush Zamorodi is an accomplished reporter, podcast host, and author. Her new book, Body Electric, takes a comprehensive look at how technology is impacting our physical health. It’s a collaboration between NPR and Columbia University Medical Center that picks up where her first title, Bored and Brilliant, left off. That book looked at how technology […] Manoush Zomorodi tackled tech’s effect on our brains, now she’s looking at our bodies. | Image: Tory WIlliams Manoush Zamorodi is an accomplished reporter, podcast host, and author. Her new book, Body Electric , takes a comprehensive look at how technology is impacting our physical health . It’s a collaboration between NPR and Columbia University Medical Center that picks up where her first title, Bored and Brilliant , left off. That book looked at how technology was hampering our mental health. I highly recommend it to anyone wh

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