
Hive consciousness
Illustration by Richard Wilkinson New research places us on the cusp of brain-to-brain communication. Could the next step spell the end of individual minds? by Peter Watts (Peter Watts is a Canadian science-fiction author and former marine biologist. His latest novel is Echopraxia(2014).) Edited by Ed Lake You already know that we can run machines with our brainwaves. That’s been old news for almost a decade, ever since the first monkey fed himself using a robot arm and the power of positive thinking. Nowadays, even reports of human neuroprostheses barely raise an eyebrow. Brain-computer interfaces have become commonplace in everything … Continue reading Hive consciousness