The Virtual Mind ─ Designing the Logic to Approximate Human Thinking

This book, through an in-depth and multidisciplinary review, defines the makeup of the unconscious and conscious part of the mind and its integrated patterns. The author describes how designing the logic that approximates human thinking can be produced and implemented as computer hardware. Such applications can better forecast human behavior in the decision making process. The book guides the reader on how to develop and produce a machine generated virtual mind in a step-by-step manner. The book is a must for anyone with an interest in the construction of the next generation of computer logic and artificial intelligence, as well as an enhanced understanding of the workings of the mind.

Niklas Hageback has extensive experience in the financial sector working at tier-one financial institutions and consulting firms, such as Deutsche Bank, KPMG, and Goldman Sachs, where he held regional executive risk management and oversight roles in both Europe and Asia.

His current focus is on behavioural and cognitive psychology and is managing a portfolio of software start-up firms that are developing applications in those areas, in particular towards economics and finance. In 2014, he published the bestseller The Mystery of Market Movements: An Archetypal Approach to Investment Forecasting and Modelling (Bloomberg Press) in which he proposes an alternative methodology to forecasting trends and bubbles in financial markets. He is a frequent commentator on economic and political issues and operates a popular blog.