From science fiction movies and books to the world of augmentation,
modern humans are fixated by the future. What is in store for us? This chapter offers
how future humans may be enhanced. Nowhere is this more evident than in our desire
to augment the human brain. The exponential rise of biotechnology in the last thirty
years has provided a necessary platform for future enhancement therapies to come into
being. We explore various kinds of brain augmentation, present and future, while
cautioning their unknown consequences for future humanity.
Keywords: Brain-machine-interfaces, Chimpanzee, Dopaminergic systems,
Homo erectus, Kurzweil, Linden, Nootropic, Optobionics, Previc.
