Genome (The Extinction Files, #2)

by A.G. Riddle

The human brain consumes twenty percent of the calories we ingest, but it accounts for only two percent of our weight. No species in the history of the planet has ever dedicated so much of the calories they consume to their brains.

This dual system is the most powerful construct to date: capitalism to manage risk and share rewards; science to expand efficiency and resources.”

The pieces were there, in history—the stepping stones that had created the modern world. The first event: brains that operated like simulation machines. Then agriculture and cities to power them. Cities to network them together. Ships to trade goods and ideas, then railroads, the electric telegraph, telephone lines, fax machines, dial-up modems, fiber-optic lines. Faster and broader networks, facilitating access to calories and the exchange of information. He saw it all, and for the first time, he saw where it was going. He glimpsed the Looking Glass, and he was in awe.

“A world where only one thing matters: the strength of your mind. Where it doesn’t matter where you’re from or what you look like. A world where all wounds can be healed, even the ones in our minds. Where a person can start over.”