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Download Your Brain

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gonna-need-a-bigger-drive dept.

Nicholas Roussos writes "Futurologist Dr. Ian Pearson predicts that death will be avoidable in the year 2050 by downloading your brain to a computer. Unfortunately, he is also predicting that the process will be only available to the wealthy for years after its release. I guess we should all start saving our pennies now."

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  1. Re:It's a copy by nanoakron · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Read Peter F. Hamilton's 'Pandora's Star' - pretty much what you're describing here.

    Or his Night's Dawn trilogy. Not as good though.

    -Nano.