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How close are we to uploading our minds? - Michael S. A. Graziano

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Imagine a future where nobody dies— instead, our minds are uploaded to a digital world. There they could live on in a realistic, simulated environment with avatar bodies, calling in and contributing to the biological world. Mind-uploading has powerful appeal— but what would it actually take to scan a person’s brain and upload their mind? Michael S. A. Graziano explores the challenges.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Michael S. A. Graziano
Director
Fausto Montanari
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Producer
Lobster Studio
Art Director
Fausto Montanari
Illustrator
Fausto Montanari
Animator
Nikolay Ivanov, Teodor Hristov, Petko Modev
Sound Designer
Fabrizio Martini
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Editorial Producer
Elizabeth Cox
Fact-Checker
Brian Gutierrez

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