The Battle for Your Brain

Auteur

Nita A. Farahany

Texte du rabat

A new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next?

Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can be held against you. A world where people who suffer from epilepsy receive alerts moments before a seizure, and the average person can peer into their own mind to eliminate painful memories or cure addictions.

Neuroscience has already made all of this possible today, and neurotechnology will soon become the "universal controller" for all of our interactions with technology. This can benefit humanity immensely, but without safeguards, it can seriously threaten our fundamental human rights to privacy, freedom of thought, and self-determination.

From one of the world's foremost experts on the ethics of neuroscience, The Battle for Your Brain offers a path forward to navigate the complex legal and ethical dilemmas that will fundamentally impact our freedom to understand, shape, and define ourselves.

Contenu

Introduction

Part I: Tracking the Brain
Chapter I: The Last Fortress
Chapter II: Your Brain at Work
Chapter III: Big Brother is Listening
Chapter IV: Know Thyself

Part II: Hacking the Brain
Chapter V: Revving Up
Chapter VI: Braking the Brain
Chapter VII: Mental Manipulation
Chapter VIII: Bewilderbeasts
Chapter IX: Beyond Human