Includes bibliographical references and index.; Preface: BrainGate -- Introduction: the Internet is a brain -- The thinking machine -- Darwin's cloud -- A wise guess -- Too much of a good thing -- Creative destruction -- A web of neurons -- Searching for the right words -- The limits of networks -- The social networks -- The new rules of the brain, business, and beyond -- A ghost on the Web -- Epilogue: the brain of the new machine.;