Cyborg Meeting #2 was incredible and a blessing to participate in. Out of everything that was discussed, what made the strongest impression on me was a participant who discussed the impact of family. As DJ Seo said in his recent interview, the caregivers of SCI patients deserve tremendous credit. This is undeniably true. I would venture to guess that not a single one of us would have an N1 without our caregiver's assistance and sacrifice. However, what this person shared hit home. They revealed that their mom never looked out for them or helped them, and was truly an obstacle. They actually had to cut their mother off, and if they hadn't done so, they would not have a Neuralink today.
I know the majority of N1 recipients have amazing families who deserve admiration and respect. I do not have such a family. For the majority of my life, and notably after my accident, they sacrificed others to serve themselves. Pathologically, the term is Enmeshed Family, but it is basically a cult of narcissists. Part of the reason I was left without resources is because my mother created a fake Power of Attorney document behind my back. She used it to do everything she wished I would do, but knew I didn't want to do. She used it to communicate with my former employer, who terminated me without any severance. When I found out what happened, years later, the company said they negotiated everything with my parents.
Besides costing me hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial losses, they waited until I was out of town for rehab and "took over" my property without my permission. Since they are incompetent, they ruined the last project I worked on as an able-bodied person: my Revit-designed and hand-built landscaping endeavor. They managed to destroy the work of my hands and then, to cover their tracks, they chopped down the trees they ruined and assumed I wouldn't find out since I'm wheelchair-bound and it's difficult for me to go to the back yard. They also canceled my spot on both the Tesla Model Y and Cybertruck wait lists. They literally did nothing to help me, but wrote checks out of my bank accounts and canceled contracts they didn't like.
To anyone who came from an awful family, know that you can overcome. I cut off my selfish parents and two of my sisters, and it has been the best decision I ever made. Of course, they completely ignore and disrespect my decision, and will not cease their harassment in this lifetime. I don't care. God has been more than gracious to replace those vultures with a family that is beyond my wildest imaginations. My wife and her parents are uniquely selfless, humble, ethical, decent, and hardworking. The difference between our families can be described by this famous Elon quote: "What I care about is the reality of goodness, not the perception of it. And what I see all over the place is people who care about looking good while doing evil."
My wife was interviewed yesterday about my experience in the hospital after my accident, and discussed some of the problems caused by my "looking good while doing evil" family. They are the past. Neuralink is the future.
Bynthia’s husband CJ broke his neck in an accident. In hospital, he was told he should choose to die and donate his organs. Behind closed doors, nurses said “we can turn off your ventilator and tell your family you died during surgery.” But he didn’t want that: CJ wanted to live. Bynthia made sure that happened. Here’s my full interview with her: