The Neurogeneration

The New Era in Brain Enhancement That Is Revolutionizing the Way We Think, Work, and Heal

By: Tan Le

Narrated by: Tan Le

Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's Summary

Brain science is at the dawn of a new era - and the technologies emerging as a result could forever alter what it means to be human.

Welcome to what tech pioneer and inventor Tan Le calls “the NeuroGeneration.” It will blow your mind.

The human brain is perhaps the most powerful and mysterious arrangement of matter in the known universe. New discoveries that unravel this mystery and let us tap into this power offer almost limitless potential - the ability to reshape ourselves and our thought processes, to improve our health and extend our lives, and to enhance and augment the ways we interact with the world around us. It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but it is quickly becoming reality. 

In The NeuroGeneration, award-winning inventor Tan Le explores exciting advancements in brain science and neurotechnology that are revolutionizing the way we think, work, and heal. Join Le as she criss-crosses the globe, introducing the brilliant neurotech innovators and neuroscientists at the frontiers of brain enhancement. Along the way, she shares incredible stories from individuals whose lives are already being transformed by their inventions - an endurance racer paralyzed in a fall, who now walks thanks to neural stimulation and an exoskeleton; a man who drives a race car with his mind; even a color-blind “cyborg” whose brain implant allows him to “hear” colors. 

The NeuroGeneration reveals the dizzying array of emerging technologies - including cranial stimulation that makes you learn faster, an artificial hippocampus that restores lost memories, and neural implants that aim to help us keep up with or even outpace artificial intelligence - that promise to alter the brain in unprecedented ways, unlocking human potential we never dreamed possible. 

Le also explores how these futuristic innovations will impact our world, disrupt the way we do business, upend healthcare as we know it, and remake our lives in wondrous and unexpected ways. As fascinating as it is timely, The NeuroGeneration offers a thrilling glimpse of the future of our species, and how changing our brains can change human life as we know it.

©2020 Tan Le (P)2020 Audible, Inc.

Chock full of eye opening information!

I really enjoyed this book, and Tan did an outstanding job with self-narration. I could hardly even discern the Aussie accent. Her back story is probably a much bigger seller than this book giving us the low down on what is really coming out of the tech world and what is still sci-fi (for now). But she touches on her back story and its truly an inspiration! Keep in mind I enjoy the occasional Don Lincoln lecture too so this material could be considered on the dry side, but it's not listed as a supercharged political thriller. So for what it is, I think it's great, if you are looking for entertainment, this may not be the way to go. I feel personally it was well worth the credit, but I am reserving my recommendation that the average listener will feel the same. Bottom line if you like the Great Courses you will like this. As always click on my name and you will see i give honest reviews.

Infomercial

Too much like snippets intended to sell the headset the author’s company sells. Just think if insurance would pay for these how well we would do. The potential in brain science is good but this book commercializes it a bit too much in my brain.

Good Survey of Neural Tech Developments

The author does a good job of introducing a lot of mind-bending projects from Brain Enhancing Nootropic drugs through Robotics, Cyborgs, Alzheimer’s, Stroke, PTSD, and Parkinson’s therapies to Big Data, Deep Learning and the issues facing all theses technologies. The uninitiated reader will definitely learn of and be impressed by the remarkable work being done around the world in this futuristic field.

My issue was with the Author’s late-night Infomercial style presentation, emphasizing her travels, speeches and conferences and all the wonderful, though not well dressed or culinarily sophisticated enough, people she met. It was like the Cool Kids telling you about their super-cool ski vacation in Davos and how Elon Musk wears the most terrible shoes! Really!!!

She is undoubtedly a brilliant and accomplished leader in her field and I appreciate the significance of the work being done but I would have preferred a more data-driven approach. Sorry. Three stars.

Hope I'm still alive to witness

Being chronically ill with a serious neurological condition, I learned about apps that may offer me some help as I age. The information is timely and interesting while rooted in reality. And while I see many problems arising moving forward, the Doctor does wax positive in the end. She's trying to sell a book after all, but her postulating the future as a necessary working model makes plenty of sense. I only hope society will take her cues.

Packed with Info

I have followed Tan Le and her company Emotiv ever since her first EEG headset appeared and was able to use it as feedback in my meditation practice. I always value hearing a book in the author's voice, and she does a great job at it. This book opens with a mind blowing advancement and proceeds to share so much cutting edge information that I could never find time to discover on my own. My wish is for a PDF bibliography that I could download to help with my efforts to followup with the many initiatives that she shares! Exciting times, Scary times, but less so when the technological advances are presented in such a balanced way with perspective!

Recommend

Super informative. Written to be easily digestible. I will be encouraging my.kids to read this one!

Good book to keep up to date on neuroscience

but not a good book if you are looking for a balanced view on the subject matter.