Wireheads: An Unnatural History of Technology in the Brain
Two centuries of trying to reach the brain directly, from electrodes to deep brain stimulation, alongside the science fiction that kept arriving there first.
Jay traces two centuries of attempts to reach the brain directly, taking in electrodes, implants and deep brain stimulation, alongside the science fiction that ran beside and often ahead of the science. It is a history of a persistent idea rather than of a single technology, and substantive on every page.
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Tyler Cowen
Much of this story is told through the lens of the accompanying science fiction and non-neuro trends in other parts of science. An excellent book, substantive on every page, and it will make you want to read some of the works he cites.
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