How Neuralink Might Change The Way We Learn.

By Vassilios Della Cioppa | Published Mar 17, 2022

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• What is the appropriate age for a Neuralink implant?

• How the Link will change traditional education.

• Link users will learn lifetimes more information than non-linked.

If you don’t know what Neuralink does, I suggest you read my previous post: (Elon Musk’s Neuralink: What They Do, How The Tech Works, And Its Potential Impact.)

Intro:

For thousands of years, humans attained knowledge by passing down information through word of mouth, reading, or first-hand experience; this is about to change drastically with the introduction of future versions of Neuralink’s Link device.

Instead of the traditional, sluggish, and inefficient way of retaining and transferring knowledge, for users of the Link, it will be done by simply downloading information from other Link users, Neuralink’s Bluetooth application, and more.

There will be debates on a minimum implantee’s age, depending on particular needs and other health factors, but the people that do have them implanted young will bring upon the next generation of super-smart humans. This next generation’s public and private educational system will look quite different: k-12, college, and beyond.

K-12:

At 6 to 7 years of age, the human brain is about 90% of a full-grown adult, so this may be where the conversation starts and when people might start planning on getting their child’s first Neuralink implant.

Curriculum for k-12 students may look like doing daily or weekly downloads, then using physical exercises to teach them how to integrate their new software knowledge into practical use; no need for any testing.

Along the way through the k-12 system, students could be rewarded with yearly successful install and application NFT tickets (Non-Fungible Tokens) for each grade to show authentic verifiable completion.

Once students complete the primary education system and learn how to unbox downloaded software for themselves, they will be eligible for college software packages.

University:

People with the properly required education NFTs will be able to search for different degrees through traditional institutions that adopt the downloadable neural curriculum, or 3rd party accredited companies.

Upon completion and application of all the necessary downloads and updates for their chosen college program, the student could be granted a college degree NFT.

Though the college experience might be shorter, it will be more efficient and fruitful. Expediting the learning process will encourage Link users to attain even more knowledge, further educating themselves to get ready for their careers.

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Continued Education:

Link users don’t need to stop after university; they can learn as much as their heart desires with instant recall and an almost unlimited memory capacity, gaining lifetimes knowledge.

After k-12 and desired college programs, the amount of software available to the Link user would be extensive: language translation, GPS, employer company software, the list is endless.

In the beginning, many of the education software programs will probably be expensive, but free public, private, and opensource systems will most likely be available as well.

When enough people are Linked, society will begin to shift into an era where many more people can truly do whatever interests them without physical or mental restrains.

Conclusion:

If Neuralink stays on track in our lifetime, we will have two distinctly different types of educated humans once the Link is more widely adopted: traditional and Link assisted. It will be interesting to see what happens between the two groups in the future and if a new branch will break away and cause an evolutionary detour.

They say knowledge is power, well, soon, infinite knowledge will be a superpower that anyone can have for a few thousand dollars, but for the ones that don’t get Linked, it will be tough to compete in anything with Link users: physically or mentally.