Orlando Bentancor
Orlando Bentancor is an associate professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures at Barnard College. Bentancor is the author of The Matter of Empire: Metaphysics and Mining in Colonial Peru.
In July 2025, Audrey Crews, paralyzed for two decades, wrote her name using only her thoughts. A Neuralink chip with thousands of microelectrodes decoded the electrical signals in her motor cortex, translating intention into digital text. “Just a normal day using telepathy,” she posted on X.
