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A review by jaredstarkey
The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology by Nita Farahany
5.0
The wealth of knowledge and education on current/emerging tech/biotech capabilities and the legislation (or lack thereof) in existence to safeguard our personal and cognitive liberties provided by Farahany is an armament for our society’s continued struggle for personal freedom and democracy.
Personally, I enjoyed the dissection and discussions on the philosophy behind what defined cognitive liberty and when and what encroaches on free will/what should be monitored/where we should be pushing for safeguarding legislation. While the overview of emerging tech and real-world examples are beneficial to drive home content, I felt the latter half of the book committing itself to “new and exciting tech developments” with repeated ideas from earlier chapters. That being said, it’s important to raise awareness and apply “critical and deliberate” thinking to all areas of emerging tech and the privacies we abdicate to them.
Takeaway: Neurotechnology, among other new developments is exciting and terrifying and we’re not paying enough attention to it.
Personally, I enjoyed the dissection and discussions on the philosophy behind what defined cognitive liberty and when and what encroaches on free will/what should be monitored/where we should be pushing for safeguarding legislation. While the overview of emerging tech and real-world examples are beneficial to drive home content, I felt the latter half of the book committing itself to “new and exciting tech developments” with repeated ideas from earlier chapters. That being said, it’s important to raise awareness and apply “critical and deliberate” thinking to all areas of emerging tech and the privacies we abdicate to them.
Takeaway: Neurotechnology, among other new developments is exciting and terrifying and we’re not paying enough attention to it.