And when you think about it, language and speech is a way to communicate more deeply, to transmit more ideas to one another in this light, telepathy is just a step up speech, and it is not a fundamentally different change. The main take away is that all this technologies are about connecting more deeply. I am biased in that I already think humans should enhance themselves by any means (in fact I think this is the only way out for us as a species), but still I think the arguments he presented are convincing. With that said, the author does make the point that the benefits outweighs the costs. The potential for abuses are great, mind control, slavery, rape, theft,… All of this are part of the plots in the books, and all these technologies brings their fair shares of sufferings and violence especially in the last one. The “headlight” technology of the book, Nexus, is a computer made of nano-“processor/antenna” sitting in and interfacing with the brain, able to wireless communicate to the near surroundings. Nexus describes the world as it could be in the near future, and how society and people around the world would react to various human enhancement technologies.įirst, I found that the author did a great job trying describing these technologies without embellishing them too much. After finishing the Foundation universe from Asimov, I was interested in the idea of connecting or merging mind and other mind-to-mind technology, so this book Nexus seemed look a good read.

This trilogy was among the many sci-fi books on my to-read list. Somehow this introduction from Wikipedia doesn’t do justice to this trilogy. The film rights to Nexus were purchased by Paramount in 2013. The third volume of the trilogy, Apex, was published in 2014, and won the 2015 Philip K. It was also shortlisted for the 2014 Arthur C. Nexus tied for Best Novel in the 2014 Prometheus Awards given out by the Libertarian Futurist Society. As he pursues his work, he becomes entangled in government and corporate intrigue. The novel series follows the protagonist Kaden Lane, a scientist who works on an experimental nano-drug, Nexus, which allows the brain to be programmed and networked, connecting human minds together. The Nexus Trilogy is a postcyberpunk thriller novel trilogy written by American author Ramez Naam and published between 2012-2015.

Nexus trilogy by ramez naam