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Greg Egan's 'Learning to Be Me' Finds New Readers
Original: Learning to Be Me (1990) [pdf]
Greg Egan's 1990 science fiction short story 'Learning to Be Me' is drawing fresh attention, with the full text freely available as a PDF. The tale explores a 'jewel' device that replaces the brain, questioning whether the copied mind remains the same person. Readers are revisiting its take on identity, consciousness and personal continuity, themes that still resonate in current debates about mind uploading and AI.
Why now: Renewed discussion of consciousness and mind-uploading themes that feel newly relevant with advances in AI and brain research.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 14 snapshots from 3 d ago to 2 d ago.
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- Learning to Be Me (1990) [pdf] · zahrevsky · 24
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