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The Ultimate Cure: The $2 Trillion Race to Fix Your Brain

portfolio.com — The neurotech industry is engaged in a $2 trillion race to fix your brain. Many players will fail, but the payoff will be huge for those who succeed.

Who dugg this? Made popular May 16, 2008

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  • lucidguru, on 05/16/2008, -2/+18Neurogenesis FTW!
  • yaddayaddayoda, on 05/16/2008, -0/+11Has nobody here read "Flowers for Algernon"?
  • intilli4, on 05/16/2008, -1/+10Yay Better Cognition FTW!!!
  • negativenancy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+10The Singularity is near...
  • Kahnza, on 05/16/2008, -0/+9Sad all the time? We'll make you happy with our compliance chip!
  • Voku, on 05/16/2008, -0/+8I feel a zombie apocalypse coming along anytime soon now.
  • texxel, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7This has got Big Pharma written all over it !
  • BodomX, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6I'm assuming you get laughed at a lot.
  • killbert24, on 05/16/2008, -1/+6This looks like a great field of science that will offer some very promising cures in the future.
    Imagine if we could make mentally retarded people function on a higher level, or make Alzheimer patients remember their spouses.
  • spyd3rweb, on 05/16/2008, -3/+8My brain is just fine the way it is, and so is yours.
  • Gloogle, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4He says "it's the century of the brain" It better be, a lot people are counting on it.
  • edebolt, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4this is good because my penis runs my brain now and it keeps getting rammed into strange places. Save me science !
  • Prescottonian, on 05/16/2008, -2/+6GATACA?
  • Exhibitionist, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3Dugg for having a "View All On One Page" option.
  • dirtmaster, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2comment sysrtem
  • MiserJ, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Nobody touches my brain.
  • wjackson, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Fail.
  • zacharytelschow, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2$2 trillion race? Don't any of the commenters above me have a grasp of how much money that is and the good sense to call bullcrap? The US GPD is approximately $14 trillion dollars. Even dispersed over the course of a decade or two, I very highly doubt that $2 trillion will be spent on neurotech research.
  • inactive, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2downloading all your brain's data to a diamond-based, mega-capacity thumbdrive = immortality

    grow a new brain spawned with your dna+stem cells, then upload data from thumbdrive into new brain...perhaps even a partly synthetic brain for long durability until another 'refresh' / regeneration is required.

    until then, next best thing is to have your severed head frozen in liquid nitrogen after death and hope for the best.
  • Egophilia, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Space is not the final frontier. We are.
    The thought of our limitless potential for self exploration gives me chills.
  • inactive, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2This gives me HOPE.
  • vimau, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2woot!
  • orph3us, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2so are they gonna help you achieve nirvana and enlightenment too? Ok, I'm joking of course, but too many people are relying on drugs for things that can be fixed by talking to a friend, doing exercise, going on a walkabout, or just plain old life experience. The article does talk about helping with things like alzheimers and multiple sclerosis. But I still believe we have to be careful. The brain is sacred!! Many things that should come about through just plain old living and learning are being substituted with chemical relief. It just doesn't come with the same level of satisfaction as fixing the problems yourself. Multiple sclerosis and alzheimers are not something you can fix by walking a lot or going on a spiritual quest I know, but Insomnia and depression are things that can be fixed with effort and those are the worst offenders in terms of being exploited by big pharmaceutical companies who push doctors way too hard to prescribe them. Ok, I'm trying to find a reason to bash pharma :), I'll stop. I just don't trust the big companies. I trust the researchers, not big corps, yadayada :P
  • Risingashes, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Preview from 2100: The Singularity is near.
  • intilli4, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2What a rocking thing to think about. Man I am geeking out about the possibilities.
  • kaleesh, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1borg implants w00t!
  • TopherT, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Why shouldn't we be able to augment our own brains? Who are these regulators to tell me how to manage my own brain chemistry, what gives him the authority. I understand the problem with addicting chemical dependencies because they have a negative affect on both the individual and the society, but smart drugs would have positive effects for both, so what the hell is the problem?
  • Kypt, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2...yet
  • Lewie, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2I have. It was sad :(
    Similar to "Awakenings" with Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro. Also sad :(
  • badger500, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Oh, it is not! Stop that!
  • Ionworm, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Cool, will I be able to control the TV without the remote?
  • t0ny, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Who?
  • Frostek, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Yes, it's almost like they thought there were *other* countries in the world, apart from the US...
  • jhshukla, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I don't think we should be talking in terms of centuries any longer. IMO 25 years sounds lot more appropriate.
  • dr3minem, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I dugg you up, but only because your comment was posted 4h and 20 mins ago.
    That was a ***** comeback
  • zacharytelschow, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1I used the US GDP as a baseline to illustrate how much money that is, since the US GDP is approximately 4 times that of the next closest country.
  • TubeDigger, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Colloidal Gold look it up
  • LegalizeGanja, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1You could donate your brain.
  • badger500, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1There are many of Little Pharma involved, too.
  • Risingashes, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I'm stocking up on dried meat and shotguns just in case.
  • Risingashes, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1You'll be able to watch TV... IN YOUR MIND!!!
  • Risingashes, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Unfortunately the problem with George Bush isn't fixable by science.
  • badart, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1Huh?
  • TheHim, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1Quis custodiet ipsos custodes - Who guards the guards?
  • LG27, on 09/24/2008, -0/+0that is a lot of money to be spending on research. just a bit too much if you ask me.
    http://www.bodytune.com
  • wjackson, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1That would be fantastic. I'd love to be involved with something meaningful like this...instead of toiling as a consultant :-/
  • highlyhigh, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0thats your reason? something that was only relevant for a brief minute. thanks. now i have really something to laugh at.
  • Jalh, on 05/16/2008, -2/+1but, will it blend ??
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