# A Thousand-Year Journey by Randal A. Koene > "[A proposed substrate-independent mind] can go on a journey of 1,000 years, it can process more information at a higher speed, it can see in the X-ray spectrum if we build it that way." > **— Randal A. Koene**, *Smithsonian interview* ## Sources and Context - **Exact original source passage:** "It can go on a journey of 1,000 years, it can process more information at a higher speed, it can see in the X-ray spectrum if we build it that way." - **Editorial repair and evidence:** Brackets replace It with the substrate-independent mind described immediately before Koene's quoted sentences. His if we build it that way condition is retained. [Direct source](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/quest-upload-mind-into-digital-space-180954946/). No timecode is asserted. - **Full quotation and context:** [The quest to upload your mind into digital space](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/quest-upload-mind-into-digital-space-180954946/) — The Smithsonian feature supplies Koene's full multi-sentence description of substrate-independent minds. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **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/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] - **Article:** [[articles/Who Pays for Your Heaven|Who Pays for Your Heaven]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Digital Immortality|Digital Immortality]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Digital Afterlife|Digital Afterlife]] - [[wiki/Digital Afterlife Rights and Personhood|Digital Afterlife Rights and Personhood]] - [[wiki/Digital Afterlife Governance|Digital Afterlife Governance]] - [[wiki/Psychological Continuity|Psychological Continuity]] - [[wiki/Long-Term Digital Preservation|Long-Term Digital Preservation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "[A proposed substrate-independent mind] can go on a journey of 1,000 years, it can process more information at a higher speed, it can see in the X-ray spectrum if we build it that way." — Randal A. Koene, Smithsonian interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-randal-koene-thousand-year-journey ```