Why intriguing? That's the only way I see it going, as well. The Internet is already an extended memory. Other people's minds are an extended processing power,

Why intriguing? That's the only way I see it going, as well. The Internet is already an extended memory. Other people's minds are an extended processing power, as well. It can only get closer and more tightly integrated to our brains, unless society as a whole chooses to get away from that. This is why privacy concerns are real - what we do today about them will impact the future massively. Will there be a central database of people's private thoughts and memories or will they remain private?