Hacking our minds to get smarter?

So I stumbled across this article while reading Wired magazine. As a culture, are we really that obsessed with technology, with incorporating it into our daily routines and idiosincrasies that we even have to refer to our self improvement as hacking our brains?

I understand that from a physical standpoint, we are basically organic machines. We have both our version of hardware and software, sort to speak. But is it really necessary to assimilate ourselves that much to machinery? As technology progresses, the line between human and machine blurs, perhaps we will reach a point where it will be possible to literally hack our brains as this article suggests, but for now, enjoy this tidbit of self improvement!

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