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Our understanding of the human brain can be dramatically accelerated if we collect and share research data on an exponentially wider scale.

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

The human race has a yearning to explore. That's part of our biological and psychological makeup.

I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.

But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses.

The further I've gotten into the Internet, the more I've become convinced that we've explored only a tiny corner of what it can mean and what we can feel there.

Humans are distinguished from other species by a massive brain that enables us to imagine a future and influence it by what we do in the present. By using experience, knowledge and insight, our ancestors recognized they could anticipate dangers and opportunities and take steps to exploit advantages and avoid hazards.

People have wanted to look inside the human mind, the human brain, for thousands of years.

Our world is built on biology and once we begin to understand it, it then becomes a technology.

I want to believe humanity has not forgotten how to explore.