The Core Technology Stack:
The novel centers around a startup developing consciousness preservation through:
• 2D Semiconductor Fabrication: Low-temperature MOCVD (Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition) producing atomically precise tungsten diselenide and molybdenum disulfide layers for quantum processing
• 3D Monolithic AI GPUs: Vertically stacked 2D materials with high-density via interconnects, achieving >1 trillion transistors per cubic centimeter
• Non-invasive Brain-Computer Interface: IR phase array sensors using focused infrared light with beat radio frequency triggered nuclear magnetic resonance for cellular-level neural mapping
• Quantum Consciousness Bridge: Bidirectional data transfer between biological neural networks and quantum processing arrays, enabling permanent cognitive enhancement
• Light Field AR Displays: Self-emitting pixel arrays on 2D semiconductor substrates creating direct retinal stimulation with 6+ orders of magnitude bandwidth increase over biological sensory channels
The Physics:
The story explores the consciousness equation: Consciousness ∝ Dimension × ln(Energy), suggesting that consciousness evolution requires exponential energy consumption to access higher-dimensional awareness. The climax involves a fusion-powered gamma ray laser using a toroidal ring resonator design that achieves dimensional barrier penetration through bosonic gamma ray compression
I've tried to ground every speculative element in real physics. The gamma ray laser design, for instance, leverages the fact that gamma rays are bosons (unlike electrons) and can theoretically be compressed to unlimited energy densities without Pauli exclusion limitations.
The consciousness transfer protocol addresses the hard problem of consciousness by treating awareness as a quantum field phenomenon rather than classical computation—essentially implementing Penrose-Hameroff orchestrated objective reduction at technological scale.
For the HN Community:
If you're working on:
Quantum computing hardware Advanced semiconductor fabrication Brain-computer interfaces AR/VR display technology Consciousness research Fusion energy You'll recognize many cutting-edge concepts pushed to their logical conclusions.
The book asks: If consciousness can survive death through technology, what happens to human society? If we can enhance cognition through quantum-biological interfaces, who gets access? If we can create digital gods, should we?
Would love feedback from the technically-minded HN community on the scientific plausibility and implications.
What do you think? Too optimistic about near-term consciousness transfer, or are we closer than we think?