Here is a dystopian paper, written in 2016, by social engineer Melanie Swan, regarding the proposal, research and implementation of brain-computer-interface (BCI) technology used with blockchained mind-cycles, effectively tokenizing and harvesting the human mind.
(Special thanks to Alison McDowell for the notification and link)
In Melanie Swan’s paper, she wrote:
“The aim of this paper is to explore the development of brain-computer interfacing and cloudminds as possible future scenarios. I describe potential applications such as selling unused brain processing cycles and the blockchaining of personality functions. The possibility of ubiquitous brain-computer interfaces that are continuously connected to the Internet suggests interesting options for our future selves. Questions about what it is to be human; the nature of our current existence and interaction with reality; and how things might be different could become more prominent. I examine speculative future scenarios such as digital selves and cloudmind collaborations. Applications could be adopted in tiers of advancing complexity and risk; starting with health tracking; followed by information seeking and entertainment; and finally; self-actualization. By linking brains to the Internet; BCIs could allow individuals to be more highly connectable not just to communications networks but also to other minds; and thus could enable participation in new kinds of collective applications such as a cloudmind. A cloudmind is the concept of multiple individual minds joined together to pursue a collaborative goal such as problem solving; idea generation; creative expression; or entertainment. The prospect of cloudminds raises questions about individual versus collective personhood. Some of the necessary conditions for individuals to feel comfortable in joining a cloudmind include privacy; security; reversibility; and retention of personal identity. Blockchain technology might be employed to orchestrate the security; automation; coordination; and credit-assignation requirements of cloudmind collaborations.”
I decided to do a little digging on Melanie Swan and discovered that she’s a prominent person in the science, crypto and finance community. Her website outlines her extensive biography, hundreds of publications and speaking events, academic achievements, affiliations and business ventures.
In all, I would say she could be the poster child of transhumanism.
Her desire is to seek a method to harvest man’s brain capacity in a hive-mind collective token economy. You’ll have to go visit her website yourself to see the influence and vast experience she has, along with nearly 100 papers and books she’s written. This is the danger we are facing in the immediate future.
Bantam Joe 
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