If direct neural interfacing ever becomes possible, it will be a one-way conversion. The benefits to be had transcend fashion, they represent human evolution, like gaining a 6th sense - the sense of tapping into the collective consciousness. Would you cut out your eyeballs because that interface to the world isn't trendy?

Our fallible memories are not an obstacle when the internet is there. Neural interface will free our minds to focus on short-term caching, processing, innovation, and content creation.

brought a tear to my eye...

I'd like to sip from that ppstream!

probably more like pointing a video camera at a monitor, the "hall of mirrors" effect...

"The current accomplishment is low hanging fruit and therefore uninteresting. Surprising, really, that they found funding for such an unnecessary demonstration at all! By commercializing this technology, it would become sufficiently interesting to deserve my royal approval."

Belittling humanity's incremental advancement as if you're a third party, how's that working out for you?

I think it's tremendously exciting. Thanks for the buzzkill though, it reminds me to get off the computer and interact with people of my choosing.

Parents, lock up your daughters!!!

It's coming...
That and computer-mind interfaces are the revolution we're all waiting for.

Perhaps the Republican party of 1964 is not the same as in 2008? Those stats are laudable. However, party value systems change over time, and the GOP has been pretty shameless about its current priorities while in power.

If I was at someone's house and saw a book entitled, 'American Nerd' on the shelf, it speaks to that person's self-identification regardless of the content. It's advertising a label, and now that there's a book parading that identity, all the American Nerds can rally around and feel validated while wearing their powergloves. Anyway, wouldn't a nerd download the e-book version?