Is Walking Overrated?

A few days ago, Juliano Pinto, a paraplegic who wore a mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton, kicked off the World Cup with a first kick at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo.

While some see this as a triumph of science and technology from the Walk Again Project, high school teacher Red Nicholson isn’t  quite so convinced. Neither is anthropologist William Peace.

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