[ExI] Elon Musk wants to implant millions with Neuralink brain chips

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 4:17 PM efc--- via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Aug 2024, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:
> > Well. I hope they protect their heads from cyber attacks by then.
> > Also, solar flares or EMP attacks could interfere with the implants.
> > If everybody is relying on implants, could their destruction turn
> > everybody into zombies?
> > Even now, if all the smartphones were suddenly destroyed, many people
> > would be pretty helpless.
>
> Isn't this old news? Haven't people tampered with breaks in teslas and
> aren't people with pacemakers susceptible to electronic interference?
>

A strong enough EMP can have biological effects.  Granted, it generally
requires much stronger than for electronics to impart lasting damage.

As for preventing cyber attacks, it would help to address the
disinformation campaigns that are adversely affecting a great many human
beings today.
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