Brain dump: what will life be like for human minds embodied in non-biological materials? (Image: John Lund/Getty)
HUMAN brains and the minds that emerge from them have allowed us to create culture and civilisation. But ensuring the survival of those marvels (not to mention of our species) in the face of technological and environmental onslaughts will depend on how well those minds adapt. We have always augmented ourselves in the face of challenges, creating artefacts from clothing to cellphones to cochlear implants. As ever, human survival will depend on us being ever more adaptable.
Fortunately, we may be on the…
