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# The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind Paperback – Illustrated, 17 Feb. 2015

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    science or sci-fi?
  

*by J***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 February 2019*

Yet again, Michio Kaku has delivered well. I'm still under the charm of his witty style, endlessly providing food for thought. He is not only a populariser - he is a visioner, and crazy enough at that to make me wonder whether I should perhaps tag his book on Goodreads as 'fantasy/sci-fi' instead of 'natural sciences'. Tagging has its limitations; I can't create a category for Kaku alone, even though he certainly deserves it.One thing that did not sit well with me while reading this book was Kaku's tendency to look at humans in distinctly different terms than at the rest of the animals. Other animals do things simply 'by instinct'; humans are directed by 'unconscious calculations made by their brains' (I fail to grasp the difference). On a few occasions, Kaku's way of phrasing indicates that he doesn't see other animals as capable of feeling pain or distress. I believe it's just a careless phrasing, because he contradicts it elsewhere in the book, but that lack of care should not have taken place there. We are not as far removed from the other mammals as Kaku indicates. I think it is important to understand that if we want to take Kaku's advice and start merging with machines and artificially boosting our intelligence.One paragraph made me laugh out loud as I realised that even such a brilliant mind as Kaku's lives in its own bubble. He complains a bit throughout the book that mathematical brilliance does not boost one's income, and his only hope for an artificially improved mind to make some extra money is to assume that it would also include artistic genius 'which could conceivably be used to make a comfortable living'. As a wife of a very talented painter whose works far exceed in quality all the amorphous blobs currently in fashion, I can definitely confirm that artistic genius does not generate income any better than mathematical brilliance! :-)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Informative and fun to read
  

*by C***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2018*

Although slightly longer (about 340 pages) than some of Kaku's other books, this book is probably one of his easier books to comprehend. Kaku does an excellent job in explaining scientific principles so that even the lay person should be able to follow the gist of what Kaku is trying to say within the book.  Having said this, a background in science, especially neuroscience,  would help the reader to gain a deeper understanding of this book.  The book focuses upon how technological innovation over the course of the next century will lead to an enhancement of the human brain. Augmented humans will be able to communicate with each other telepathically, use telekinesis, manipulate avatars, upload dreams / memories, raise their I.Q., induce O.B.E's and become immortal. Other themes explored within the book include mapping the human brain, treating mental illness, allowing the disabled to walk again, mind control, hypnosis, allowing society's rulers to create a pliant population, A.I, robots, cyborgs, space travel and aliens.  Kaku explores these ideas with reference to sci-fi books / films; he often provides a brief synposis of them just in case you've never seen the films or read the books. This clearly aids the reader's comprehension of the themes that the writer explores within the book.  If you've read any of Kaku's other books then you'll know he often delves deeply into quantum mechanics, relativity and string theory. He does explore this area of physics within this book, predominantly in the last chapter, but it is a short chapter. A blessing for some perhaps, considering its complex subject matter, but I felt personally this chapter could have been a bit longer.  Overall, an  informative and enjoyable read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The future of your business
  

*by R***K on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2014*

What is the relevance to business? It was the first question my girlfriend asked, when I told her about this book? Have been scratching my head……Future trends are importantHere is what I have come up with. Future trends are important for business to understand. Business is not about today, business is about tomorrow. Your vision and your plans for the future should be grounded in deep understanding of where trends are going. In particular technology trends.Change is comingOnce I reviewed the “The second machine age”, which is trying to explain exponential chance (we are on the second half of the chess board), I figured it was time to read up on future trends.Physics of the futureThe last book I read about far out trends was Michio Kaku’s “Physics of the future”. It has to be far out because most business books now include science fact and it is simply amazing how quick technology is developing.The mindThe mind as a subject is something particularly my colleague Alan Jordan has covered with “Thinking fast and slow”, “Coherence” and “This will make you smarter”. About cognitive illusions and delusions, decision bias, the amygdala gland managing your brain and the illusion of free will.The ShallowsIn our sessions with clients we use “The Shallows” and “Future minds” a lot. Which is about how technology is changing our brains and behavior and how that is important of the workplace and product design.Decision makingTherefore the mind and how we make decisions is a subject our clients like and I figured this book would give me an insight in the future trends in that area.It did!The brainAlthough it occupies only 2 percent of the body’s weight, the brain has a ravenous appetite, consuming fully 20 percent of our total energy (in newborns, the brain consumes an astonishing 65 percent of the baby’s energy), while fully 80 percent of our genes are coded for the brain. There are an estimated 100 billion neurons residing inside the skull with an exponential amount of neural connections and pathways. The same amounts as there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy.The scienceThe book covers a wide range of concepts (all beyond proof of concept):Brain to brain interfaceThe internet of the mind or brain netMindflex and Neurosky (gaming with the brain)HolodecksMatrioshka brains (the planet as a computer)Total immersion entertainmentProgrammable matterMemory and intelligence enhancement through genetics, electromagnetics and drugsOptogenteticsBrain downloadImmortartalitySpace travelNegative energyNanobotsAliens UFO's (don' leave a UFO empty handed)The mechanical brainTo build a copy of the brain with the current technology would not just need a single Blue Gene computer but thousands of them, which would fill up not just a room but an entire city block. The energy consumption would be so great that you would need a thousand-megawatt nuclear power plant to generate all the electricity. And then, to cool off this monstrous computer so it wouldn’t melt, you would need to divert a river and send it through the computer circuits.It is remarkable that a gigantic, city-size computer is required to simulate a piece of human tissue that weighs three pounds, fits inside your skull, raises your body temperature by only a few degrees, uses twenty watts of power, and needs only a few hamburgers to keep it going.Moore’s lawBut Moore’s law will ensure that in the coming decades the power of neuroscience will become explosive. Current research is on the threshold of new scientific discoveries that will likely leave us breathless. One day, we might routinely control objects around us with the power of the mind, download memories, cure mental illness, enhance our intelligence, understand the brain neuron by neuron, create backup copies of the brain, and communicate with one another telepathically. The world of the future will be the world of the mind.MAGIC!The magic is in the last chapter, which is mind blowing. Schrödinger’s cat, parallel universes, string theory and quantum physics. The conclusion is that the brain is a quantum device, constantly dealing with alternate universes. And it will take a while before we can build that.Is it relevant to businessTo go back to the original question. Is this relevant to business? Not sure. Is it mind blowing? For sure! And for that reason every businessperson should pick it up and remove the cobwebs in the brain (while it is still in your skull).

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