A review by kb_208
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku

4.0

Another interesting future technology book from Kaku. I enjoy reading about the possibilities of what humans could achieve if they weren't burdened with the problems of greed, war, religion, and ill-logic. Many of these ideas could very well be possible, but they will take much work and investment to ever come to fruition, especially if we are to use them ethically and safely. I love the idea of dream and thought mapping; seeing exactly how the brain is responding to various pictures, thoughts, and stimuli. He talks a lot about AI and alien thinking. The ideas on why Alien life has not contacted us is very interesting. They would be much more technologically sophisticated than we are and may not even register to their interest. Kind of like ants to us. Maybe one day we will achieve consiousness without a body, without having to deal with the crippling mental illness that could set in by not having any sense stimulation.