I drowned and in the process lost a lot of brain function, including significant IQ loss. Would be great to get that memory, executive functioning, and problem solving capacity back. But it appears that brain implants are more focused on physical control over mental capabilities; and the longevity field has more progress in prevention of loss over restoration. Adult brains are not totally locked down, but major improvement doesn’t appear to be on the field of possibilities. I would be happy to learn I am wrong.
I have to be careful what I say on this one, so these are only the examples that are in the news. Know that it is worse behind the scenes. I work in Hawaii State Government. Technology implementations are grossly incompetent. See the Hawaii Health Connector news articles for a great example (https://www.hawaiifreepress.com/Articles-Main/ID/11216/Hawaii-Health-Connector-director-steps-down-after-health-exchangersquos-failure). Our rail project resulted in 9 federal investigations for corruption, and two separate Governors requesting the whole management board resign over their incompetence (https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/06/24/governor-calls-hta-board-resignations-while-lawmakers-grill-its-leaders/). When our first state chief technology officer tried to get agencies to modernize their accounting software (which included asking some entities to use software instead of paper ledgers) he was fired for the audacity. My agency still uses typewriters. After 20 years of trying to implement digital, we still use paper records and ink signatures. It should fall into the very hard category, but actual proven performance appears to be in the impossible side due to the perversity of incentives.
I drowned and in the process lost a lot of brain function, including significant IQ loss. Would be great to get that memory, executive functioning, and problem solving capacity back. But it appears that brain implants are more focused on physical control over mental capabilities; and the longevity field has more progress in prevention of loss over restoration. Adult brains are not totally locked down, but major improvement doesn’t appear to be on the field of possibilities. I would be happy to learn I am wrong.
I have to be careful what I say on this one, so these are only the examples that are in the news. Know that it is worse behind the scenes. I work in Hawaii State Government. Technology implementations are grossly incompetent. See the Hawaii Health Connector news articles for a great example (https://www.hawaiifreepress.com/Articles-Main/ID/11216/Hawaii-Health-Connector-director-steps-down-after-health-exchangersquos-failure). Our rail project resulted in 9 federal investigations for corruption, and two separate Governors requesting the whole management board resign over their incompetence (https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/06/24/governor-calls-hta-board-resignations-while-lawmakers-grill-its-leaders/). When our first state chief technology officer tried to get agencies to modernize their accounting software (which included asking some entities to use software instead of paper ledgers) he was fired for the audacity. My agency still uses typewriters. After 20 years of trying to implement digital, we still use paper records and ink signatures. It should fall into the very hard category, but actual proven performance appears to be in the impossible side due to the perversity of incentives.