I read this book over the course of several weeks, so I'm not sure how much of the beginning stuck in my head.
Anyway, I enjoyed Seung's explanation of the brain as a network (so to speak) even if I was a bit skeptical of some of what he said. As is often true of my responses to pop psychology, I would have preferred a bit more science and a bit less pop, but he did a good job making the idea both accessible and interesting, if a bit...shallow, I suppose.
I do feel as though I have a good idea of where he wants the research to go and the main idea, the concept of a connectome, is frankly fascinating.
I could have done entirely without the final section on cryonics and uploading, though. It seemed...unnecessary and less interesting than the science.
A good read, though, and one that made me feel as though I was at least putting in some effort to keep up with developments in neurological research.