# Once My Brain Dies by Christof Koch > "No brain, never mind. Once my brain dies, unless I can somehow upload it into the Cloud, I die with it." > **— Christof Koch**, *Nautilus interview on consciousness and death* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and context:** [The Spiritual, Reductionist Consciousness of Christof Koch](https://nautil.us/the-spiritual-reductionist-consciousness-of-christof-koch-236543) — The interview supplies Koch's full discussion of brain death, uploading, and personal survival. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Mind Uploading|Mind Uploading]] - [[wiki/Whole Brain Emulation|Whole Brain Emulation]] - [[wiki/Consciousness|Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Consciousness Indicators|Consciousness Indicators]] - [[wiki/Machine Consciousness|Machine Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Hard Problem of Consciousness|Hard Problem of Consciousness]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "No brain, never mind. Once my brain dies, unless I can somehow upload it into the Cloud, I die with it." — Christof Koch, Nautilus interview on consciousness and death https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-christof-koch-once-brain-dies ```