![]() Nexus signals can be amplified by repeaters - which permits really wild Nexus parties, and transmitted via radio and over the Internet. Naam’s first novel NEXUS introduces Nexus - a drinkable, strongly neuroactive, and very illegal street drug.īut not just a drug: it fills the brain with nanobots that can listen to and influence neural activity, and communicate wirelessly with other Nexus nanobots at short range - even with nanobots in another brain. ![]() ![]() I cannot recommend these two sci-fi thrillers highly enough, and I am very happy to see that NEXUS has been optioned by Paramount for film.ĬRUX is the second fiction work of the author of More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement and The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet. Set in a not-too-distant future, these novels tackle head-on an important conflict of our times: between the libertarian approach (those who think that people should be free to experiment with emerging technologies without harming others) and the authoritarian approach (those who want to control emerging technologies that can be abused for evil ends). ![]() Readers of Ramez Naam‘s techno-thriller NEXUS will not want to miss the awesome CRUX sequel, to be published August 27. ![]()
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