Brains are like fingerprints - they are unique. Each of us possesses a neurological topography that is wholly our own. We now have the technology to catch a glimpse of that inner landscape, exploring our individual minds. Science and technology today are no longer limited to telling us how the mind works. They also have something to say about how your mind works. Imagine what we will be able to learn as we work towards learning to interpret the brain's activity - to literally 'read the mind'.
Steven Johnson was Editor and founder of Feed, a pioneering web publication. He is currently a columnist on the Observer Magazine, and the author of Emergence (Penguin 2002)
Praise for Emergence:
'Exhilarating' J.G.Ballard, The Daily Telegraph
'Mind-expanding, intelligent, witty and thought-provoking' Guardian
'A dizzying, dazzling romp through fields as disparate as urban planning, computer-game design, neurology and control theory.' Economist