Author Jennifer Egan: Writing Through Time
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
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How to Externalize Your Consciousness
The book is the story of a man who tries to externalize his consciousness. He does this by uploading every memory and perception they've ever had, starting at the moment of their birth,. It becomes a hedge against traumatic brain injuries, dementia. There are lots of other reasons you might want to do this. And there's also another thing you can do, which is share that consciousness in whole or in part to a collective in exchange for gaining access to that collective.
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