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The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology

by Nita Farahany

The rights at stake in neurotechnology

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The rights at stake in neurotechnology

Nita Farahany examines the ethical and legal questions raised by technologies that can monitor or alter brain activity. The book sets potential uses—from seizure alerts to investigating thoughts and memories—alongside concerns about privacy, freedom of thought, and self-determination. Its central question is how safeguards might protect those rights as neurotechnology becomes more integrated with everyday life. The discussion connects neuroscience to debates about personal autonomy and the boundaries of technology, framing brain data not only as a scientific matter but also as a challenge for law and human rights.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in neuroscience and its social implications
  • Those exploring technology ethics, privacy, and human rights
  • Readers seeking discussion of legal and ethical questions around brain data

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NeurotechnologyPrivacy and freedom of thoughtSelf-determinationNeuroscience ethicsLaw and human rights

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Book overview

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.

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