lolololol i'm a neuroscience fag
>mfw i seem to be the only person seeing the imminent convergence going on
We're rapidly decoding the electrical signals nerve cells and sensory organs use to send information to the brain. Lots of current research is going on related to that, with blind/deaf people. We pretty much understand how the senses of the skin work.
Stem cell research will greatly help Alzheimer and dementia patients, and we're rapidly gaining knowledge about them.
My prediction: by 2060 science will give humanity what religion only promised. Heaven, in the form of 'brain banks.' They will be highly subsidized by the government. Each brain/user is going to have a personal AI 'bot' that will help facilitate their eternity there. Various brains will be linked together to form stasis-pod cultures.
They will make money in multiple ways
1) Reality TV? Naw. People who have made agreements pre-death (or hell, after death to gain 'virtual currency' to buy more 'digital' perks) will allow you to follow their mental fantasies. It wont be TV and cable programs anymore. It will be different personal realities.
2) Anything designed/produced by the people in the brain bank will be partial property of those running it.
3) people will pay their entire lives so that when they die they can be put in a brain bank. The government will pass laws dictating that you cant be put in stasis if you commit suicide.
Increases in virtual reality will help change cultural norms and get people to accept this idea.
This will completely change society and people's fundamental sense of motivation.