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KevinGlasson Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark

Frankly, I'm not surprised there was no backup plan in case the company went out of business. The quote from the engineer is telling, “We didn’t sell any more, we didn’t make any more, we didn’t have anything to do with it anymore.”

Like a company discontinuing a model of Bluetooth speaker or size of tire, as if the implant isn't a permanent part of their patient's bodies. Just leaving a small division that supported existing users, even with just spare parts, would not have been cost prohibitive.

It sounds like the suits demanded profitability and literally left them customers in the dark. I wonder if in the coming years and more and more biotech implant companies come to market some will be required for long term support. Maybe their relevant IP becomes public domain if the device is not "supported"?

KevinGlasson A connectomic study of a petascale fragment of human cerebral cortex

It's called The Age of Em by Robin Hanson. Here's the wikipedia[1] and a review by a popular blogger[2]. Interesting concept but not a realistic vision of the future.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Em [2] https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/05/28/book-review-age-of-em/