A review by billmc
The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology by Nita Farahany

2.0

Although this book did pose a number of interesting questions, I agree with other reviewers regarding the repetitiveness of much of the material. In addition, I was astounded by the poor grammar and copyediting. For example, the author repeatedly had incomplete sentences, e.g., on page 92: "Which is why I received my JD, MA, and PhD from Duke." (Same on page 185: "Which is why he believes..."). There were words repeated, e.g., on page 156: ...to keep communication between at near constant levels between its users." There were words omitted, e.g., "Describing it on 60 Minutes, she said [she] felt...." The person listed in the acknowledgements as the editor is the Executive Editor of St. Martin's Press. How did these kinds of errors get through? The frequency of the errors made it more difficult for me to enjoy the book and are a large part of why I gave the book such a low rating.