TECH—VOL.04

SiliconVeins:Neuralink&TheSelf

DEC28,20255MINREADSHARETHIS

Thehumanbrainisabiologicalwonder,runningon20wattsofpower.Butithasafatalflaw:Input/Outputlatency. Wethinkatthespeedofneuronaldepolarization(milliseconds).Wecommunicateatthespeedoftypingthumbs(bitspersecond). ElonMuskcallsthis"TheBandwidthProblem." Neuralinkaimstosolveitbyweavingthreadsofelectrode-ladenpolymerintothecortex.

Butfixingthebandwidthproblemopensthe"IdentityProblem."

TheMerge

IfIcanuploadathoughtdirectlytothecloud,anddownloadaWikipediaarticledirectlytomymemory,whereistheboundaryof"Me"? Currently,ourskinistheboundary. WithaHigh-BandwidthBCI(Brain-ComputerInterface),thecloudbecomesanextensionoftheneocortex. Isthethoughtmine?Orwasitsuggestedbythepredictivetextenginerunningonthechip?

TheSecurityoftheMind

Cybersecuritytodayprotectsourbankaccountsandouremails. Whathappenswhenthetargetisyourmotorcortex? "BrainJacking."Ahackerseizingcontrolofyourlimbs. "ThoughtInjection."Subliminaladvertisingbypassedtheeyesandinserteddirectlyintothevisualcortex.

// Panic at the Kernel Level
fn on_thought_detected(thought: Pattern) -> Action {
    if firewall.is_malicious(thought) {
        return Action::Block;
    }
    // Who updates the firewall definitions?
    return Action::Execute;
}

Ifacorporationcontrolsthefirewallofyourmind,theycontrolyourreality.Theycanblock"depressivethoughts"(good?)or"revolutionarythoughts"(bad?). Mentalhealthbecomesasubscriptionservice."UpgradetoPremiumforAnxiety-FreeMode."

TheClassDivide:HomoDeus

YuvalNoahHarariwarnsofthesplitbetweenthe"Enhanced"andthe"Natural." ThosewhocanaffordtheBCIwillcomputefaster,thinkdeeper,andcommunicateinstantly.Theywilldominatetheeconomy. The"Naturals"willbecognitivelyobsolete.Wewillbelikechimpanzeestryingtounderstandquantummechanics. Thisisnotjustanincomegap;itisabiologicalgap.Aspeciationevent.

Evolutiontookmillionsofyearstobuildtheeye. Wearebuildingthedigitaleyeindecades. Siliconveinswillcarryinformationfasterthanbloodcarriesoxygen. Thequestionisnotifitwillhappen.Itishappening. Thequestionis:Willweremainhumanwhenweare40%machine? Oris"Human"justabootloaderfortheDigitalIntelligencetocome?