Posthuman Blues

The mystery of mind control

"American neuroscientists are currently developing 'memory-management' drugs. They believe that such pills could help individuals improve their memory skills or even erase unwanted memories, such as that bad childhood experience lurking at the back of your mind."

Erase, edit, mix, splice, synthesize, download, broadcast, commodify . . . there's no end. Memory will be the neuropharmocalogical frontier of the late 21st century. We'll be swapping memories ("organic" and synthetic) as readily as JPGs or MP3s.