BrainTrust Story
Matthew Ryan Fischer
Eliza named it “The BrainTrust.” It was her brainchild, so speak. She
wasn’t a scientist. She hadn’t been in on the discovery or testing or implementation.
Eliza was a marketing guru. It was her job to come up with the way to sell it.
She did.
The men in the labs had spent their time mapping the human brain and
determining a way to download the contents. There were other groups researching
brain-computer downloads as one form of immortality for their clients. “The
BrainTrust” wasn’t worried about immortality as much as they were looking for a
way to optimize memory and productivity amongst the best and brightest
industrialists. They focused on the men and women with the money because in the
early stages it was only going to be those with a great deal of money that
could afford to use this technique.
“The BrainTrust” didn’t offer offsite data storage, or cloud storage;
they offer “office brain power.” They mapped each client’s brain and made a
clone. The clone brain could be an information storage warehouse. The clone
brains could think much faster than their human counterpart even if they weren’t
any more intelligent. The speed was the factor. It got more things done. Lots
and lots more. And they could be networked and linked together. A client could
have dozens of clone brains if they wanted. They could work while the client
was asleep. It would free the client to handle other projects and important
duties at the same time. It was the ultimate advancement in multitasking.
One of her slogans was “Let the BrainTrust do the work for you.” Another
was “Trust the BrainTrust.” They were all over the marketing brochures,
accompanied by photos of good looking business types in meetings or on the golf
course, while elsewhere their clone brain was crunching important numbers for
the latest trade or acquisition or stock offering.
The system was based on discoveries in transcranial focused ultrasound.
The clone brains were stored onsite at the “BrainTrust” offices and the data
was broadcast back and forth between client and their own clone brain.
There was an informational video that featured prominent international
businessmen that had already taken part in the process.
“Who can you trust more than your own brain?”
It appealed to their sense of ego, to their arrogance.
“Why hire employees or people you can’t trust– you can have your own
brain working on it while you’re busy with more important things. When it comes
to hiring help, make the right choice, trust yourself. Trust the BrainTrust!”
Eliza was especially proud of the videos. Her spare brain had really done
most of the work on those, but she felt alright in taking the credit. It was
her brain after all.
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