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Can Neuralink Destroy What Makes Us Human?

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Could Neuralink accidentally turn all its users into a hive mind? That’s what we’re going to be exploring in this episode where we take a look inside the brain and at the possibility for Neuralink’s high bandwidth and low latency to transform the nature of consciousness.

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📚 Further Reading:

  • Peter Watts' talk "Conscious Ants and Human Hives": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4uwaw_5Q3I
  • Further reading on split brain 1: https://www.nature.com/articles/483260a](https://www.nature.com/articles/483260a)
  • Further reading on split brain 2: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/07/split-brain-research-sperry-gazzaniga/399290/

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    🎼 Media Used:

    1. A Garden Romance - Martin Landstrom (courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com)
    2. The Way of the Warrior - Yi Nantiro (courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com)
    3. Go that Extra Mile - Jay Varton (courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com)
    4. From the Past - DEX 1200 (courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com)
    5. Moon Child - Bonnie Grace (courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com)
    6. AAALRIGHT - Cospe (courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com)
    7. Sometimes I’m So Happy - So Vea (courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com)

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      ⌛ Timestamps:

      0:00 Introduction

      2:06 Split Brain Science

      5:55 Watts Argument: Merging of Consciousness

      9:14 The Age of BCIs

      10:47 What Will a Super-Consciousness Look Like?

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