The Future of the Mind

Michio Kaku, a physicist and futurist, surveys research on the brain and considers how technology may come to alter the mind. He reports on work in laboratories around the world, covering experiments in telepathy, telekinesis, mind control, avatars and the recording of memories and dreams. He also looks ahead to a day when a brain might be uploaded to a computer neuron by neuron, when thoughts could be shared over a brain-net, and when a pill might sharpen cognition or consciousness travel across the universe. Kaku sets out what he calls a spacetime theory of consciousness, and he expects silicon computing to serve human needs rather than produce robot overlords. Doubleday first published it in 2014.

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