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# 19 Trends for 2019: #17 Human-to-Computer Augmentation & Off Brain Storage

**URL:** https://jimcarroll.com/2019/01/19-trends-for-2019-17-off-brain-storage/
Date: 2019-01-24
Author: JimCarroll
Post Type: post
Summary: Have ever watched a 2 year old go from an iPad to a flat-screen TV in the living room? They try to get the TV to respond in the same way by touching the screen, and are kind of mystified. Another take – one executive that booked me told the story of their 3 year […]
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Have ever watched a 2 year old go from an iPad to a flat-screen TV in the living room? They try to get the TV to respond in the same way by touching the screen, and are kind of mystified. Another take - one executive that booked me told the story of their 3 year old wandering around the house talking to all kinds of devices - and wondering why didn't respond back like the Amazon Echo devices in their home.

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty certain that the 2 year old of today is living in a different world than I do - and that being immersed in the era of acceleration, their brain synapses are evolving very quickly, in an entirely different way. Add to that the acceleration of HCI - or Human-Computer Interface technology -- and you've got trend #17 of '19 Trends for 2019.'

In other words, storing a part of our minds, memory knowledge in some sort of computer hard drive!

Take this to the logical conclusion - we are seeing rapid advances in research that marries our minds to off brain storage.

How might we do it? I spoke about on stage at the World Government Summit in Dubai, we might end up combining the science of data storage with optical science - and take advantage of the fact that we have learned how to stop light in in tracks!

In doing so, maybe we can put our mind inside a yottabit ball!

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