Humanity has learned to accept and take for granted natural intellectual limitations, traumatic incidents & disease and the mental decline associated with the aging process. At the same time, people spend large amounts of money on nutritional supplements, meditation and relaxation therapies, and brain training software to try and improve cognitive performance. Additionally, people value their memories extremely highly, and great time and effort is spent cataloguing and organising that which is held safe in our minds. But memories are fragile and can easily be lost.

The carboncopies foundation believes that technology can provide a way to address all these problems.

We should address these issues and seek to reduce suffering and increase well-being. One specific approach toward this objective is known as Advancing Substrate Independent Minds (ASIM), and shows promise to successfully address some of these issues. There are many scientific research fields dedicated to aspects of ASIM. The goal of this project is to create a realistic assessment of each of these technologies, and produce a roadmap to help guide them.