Here's a talk I gave at the Long Now Foundation about my optimistic hopes that the advent of the internet will mitigate threats that brought down previous civilizations.
This is an idea I've been working on for several years. It started as a short piece in Nature, then a short essay on Edge.org, and finally debuted as an iPad app called Why the Net Matters. For over a week this was the most watched video on fora.tv.
The author Will Self and I appeared on stage together to discuss life, death, and what makes good writing.
How significant is the subconscious?
Well before we understand how brains work, we may find ourselves able to digitally copy the brain's structure and able to download the conscious mind into a computer. What are the possibilities and challenges?
Interested in synesthesia? Watch a lecture I gave at the University of Sydney in Australia.
Sum was the only book of fiction in New Scientist magazine's selection of Best Books of 2009.
Listen to an interview on BBC's Today Programme regarding the new iPad book Why the Net Matters.
Barnes and Noble selected SUM as one of the Best Books of the Year.
