Rebooting the brain
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Argues for building tools to read and write our neural code and says $100 million funds a company aimed at that; current tech listed as MRI, EEG and tDCS and judged inadequate; proposes brain interfaces that let someone “walk a mile in another’s shoes,” stream thoughts, and uses blockchain for brain data to guarantee privacy and permissioned access; predicts a 15–20 year window to scale cognitive augmentation before a narrow opportunity closes.
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