Francesco Grillo

THE WRITER IS AN ACADEMIC FELLOW AT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES AT BOCCONI UNIVERSITY, AND DIRECTOR OF VISION, AN ITALIAN THINK TANK.

Mankind has moved from linking computers in the first phase of the Internet to linking everyday objects. In the next phase, global information systems would be hooked up to human organs.

The ‘Internet of Beings’ is not too far away

Digitising our bodies has vast implications on healthcare, but also our humanity