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> Is injecting/intercepting brain signals directly really the way forward? Do we really want to create monster human species?

It will happen, whatever is your personal point of view (or fears) on that subject. In 20y or 200y (or maybe later), but that will happen. Technology is going forward no matter what you think and vote, because there will always be that kind of people that can't stand living a 'standard' life. Go check the Myers–Briggs on personnality types: not everybody is a mainstream xFxJ ('earnest traditionalists who enjoy keeping their lives and environments well-regulated' as wikipedia says).

The real questions are: what pourcentage of humanity will go that way, and how well will humans/neohumans cohabitate.