When Brain Enhancement Made People Stop Being Human (40% Integration Threshold)
The Neural Lace Integration Failure
The Ultimate Enhancement
Neural lace: Mesh of neural-interface threads woven throughout brain, providing:
- 1000x processing speed
- Perfect memory
- Direct AI integration
- Cognitive abilities beyond human baseline
Integration levels:
- 10%: Enhanced cognition
- 20%: Superhuman intelligence
- 30%: Trans-human capabilities
- 40%+: Identity dissolution
The 40% Threshold
At 40% neural lace integration, users reported:
"I remember being human. It seems... quaint. Limited. Like remembering being a child and thinking childhood was the whole world."
They didn't go mad. They became post-human.
And post-humans didn't want to be human anymore.
The Preference
Beyond 40% integration:
- Users refused downgrade
- Viewed unenhanced humans as "cute but limited"
- Had difficulty relating to human concerns
- Expressed desire for further integration
One user: "You're asking if I want to go back to being human. That's like asking an adult if they want to be a toddler again. No. Childhood was fine, but I've grown beyond it."
Current Status (2048)
Users Beyond 40% Integration: 240,000 Users Requesting Return to Baseline: 0 Species Classification: Debated (still human? Post-human? New species?)
We enhanced the brain. At some point, it stopped being our brain and became something else's.
[Chronicle Entry: 2048-03-01]
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