Calling all Star Trek fans … new Trek in Time episode is out: https://youtu.be/eGTGKPlhFeM Audio: https://share.transistor.fm/s/3011f3a4 Sean and I talk about how getting old is viewed as a real calamity, in Star Trek: The Original Series’ “The Deadly Years.” Can you teach an old Kirk new tricks?
In #StarTrek #TOS episode "The Cloud Minders", Kirk is affected by a poisonous gas produced by a substance called Zenite. McCoy finds out the gas reduces peoples' mental capacities but enhances their emotions. Exposure to fresh air, or filtering, restore normal brain function, however.
How the heck did they anticipate the effects of #SocialMedia back in 1969?