# Cyborgs Could Think Ten Thousand Times Faster by James Lovelock > “The Novacene will be inhabited by cyborgs who think and act roughly 10,000 times faster than we or other animals do.” > **— James Lovelock**, *BBC Science Focus interview on the Novacene* ## Sources and Context - **Interview:** [“James Lovelock: Cyborgs, turning 100 and the coming age of the Novacene,” *BBC Science Focus*](https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/james-lovelock-cyborgs-turning-100-and-the-come-age-of-the-novacene). Lovelock envisages beings produced with human help that would cooperate with humans in regulating Earth's climate; he explicitly rejects the familiar Hollywood takeover story. The ten-thousand-fold figure is his speculative comparison with neural signaling, not a measured future cyborg speed. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/James Lovelock|James Lovelock]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The Novacene will be inhabited by cyborgs who think and act roughly 10,000 times faster than we or other animals do.” — James Lovelock, BBC Science Focus interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-lovelock-novacene-cyborgs-faster ```