Why David and Goliath are the Same!

A breakthrough stunned world-leading scientists at the close of 2020.

“This will change medicine. It will change research. It will change bioengineering. It will change everything.”

“But when I first saw these results, I nearly fell off my chair.”

“…a once in a generation advance.”

“I was beginning to think it would not get solved in my lifetime.”

“It has occurred decades before many people in the field would have predicted.”

When engaging in career planning, many of us end up unintentionally focusing exclusively on optimistic scenarios: “I want to do X, so I’ll do A, B, and C to make it happen.” Of course, there’s nothing wrong with a bit of healthy optimism. But to ensure your plans are robust, you also need to identify and mitigate the potential risks that could threaten your vision for the future — and nothing has shown the importance of planning for risk more clearly than the current pandemic.

R&D is accelerating in the vital field of brain-machine interfaces (BMI). Elon Musk recently disclosed in a Clubhouse interview that at Neuralink, his BMI venture, a monkey is playing video games via neural implants. He also made some signature provocative projections like his ultimate goal of connecting brains with a powerful AI. “The future of the world will be controlled by the combined will of the people of the earth.” He said, “That might be the most important thing that a device like this achieves.”