We continue the MIT Press series "What you should know about..." with the new "Battle for your brain".
Imagine a world where your brain can be probed to learn about your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can testify against you. A world where epileptics are alerted moments before a seizure, and the average person can look into their own consciousness to erase painful memories or cure an addiction. Neuroscience has already made all of this possible today, and neurotechnology will soon become the “universal controller” for all our interactions with technology. This could benefit humanity immensely, but without safeguards it could seriously threaten our basic human rights to privacy, freedom of thought and self-determination.
The book "The Battle for Your Brain" from one of the world's leading researchers in the ethics of neuroscience offers a way to overcome complex legal and ethical dilemmas that will fundamentally affect our freedom to understand, shape and define ourselves.
Cover design and localization by Oksana Gadzhiy.
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