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Read books. There is plenty of sci-fi that deals with exploring the intersection of computers and consciousness. Authors like Neal Stephenson, Charles Stross, and Vernor Vinge are well known in this area.

A great novel that came out recently about transhumanism is Nexus: transhumanism: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0857662937/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...

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Yes, I've read all of those and I even posted about Nexus on my twitter https://twitter.com/gulakovuniverse/status/32785180278142566...

That's what I was referring to by more modern scifi ideas. Why aren't they included in the storylines of older yet more mainstream stories like Star Trek / Futurama / etc

Seconded. For example Stanisław Lems The Futurological Congress was written in 1970s and is quite refreshing read.

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