A central theme of this society is on how the human technology interface is going to change the landscape and essence of our beings in the next 50 years. Here are two articles that highlight some of these issues. The first is by Henry Kissinger on how the information age is changing who we are and how we think. The second is on the molecular/protein nature of memories and how they might be transferred from one brain to another.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/henry-kissinger-ai-could-mean-the-end-of-human-history/559124/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/science/memory-transfer-snails.html

Happy reading :).
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