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Jul 27, 2015 27 min

Humanity Gets an Upgrade

from Buddhist Geeks Hosted by Vince Fakhoury Horn

Ramez Naam is a computer scientist who spent 13 years at Microsoft, leading teams working on email, web browsing, search, and artificial intelligence. He’s the author of several books including Nexus, a science fiction thriller set in the near future when humans are linked mind-to-mind by an experimental and illegal nano-drug. In this conversation with host Vincent Horn, Ramez describes his inspiration for the book and it’s narrative of collectivism and mind-to-mind connection through technology. The two discuss the fact, fiction, benefits, and perils of technology that can connect humanity so intimately, and what that kind of technology could mean to the process of awakening. Episode Links: www.RamezNaam.com Nexus ( http://rameznaam.com/nexus/ ) Get full access to Buddhist Geeks at www.buddhistgeeks.org/subscribe

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