"Competition is an inescapable occurrence in the animate and even in the inanimate universe. To give our minds the flexibility to transfer and to operate in different substrates bestows upon our species the most important competitive advantage."
I am a neuroscientist and neuroengineer presently participating in the ambitious and fascinating efforts of the well-funded nanotechnology startup Halcyon Molecular (http://halcyonmolecular.com) in Silicon Valley, and I head the organization carboncopies.org (http://carboncopies.org), which is the outreach and roadmapping organization for the development of substrate-independent minds (SIM). The Wikipedia page about me and my work (http://en.wikip