3 ms·
Please stop ascribing old SF literature ideas to the first billionaire who passes along, promising to make them true.
by _0ffh 7y ago
Please stop ascribing old SF literature ideas to the first billionaire who passes along, promising to make them true.
- taneq 7y agoAgreed. The term 'neural lace' was coined by Ian M. Banks (as far as I know) but the concept of an implanted brain-computer interface which can augment brain function is decades old.
- DocSavage 7y agoMusk reportedly got the idea from the Banks novels: https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/the-daily/the-novelist-who-inspired-elon-musk https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/the-daily/the-novelist-...