This represents something of a new frontier.

The brain, as perhaps, as I've called, the new battlescape of the 21st century.

We don't view these as weapons of mass destruction, per se.

These are more weapons of mass disruption.

Hi, and welcome back to the Modern War Institute podcast.

I'm John Amble, editorial director at MWI, and for this episode

I spoke to Dr. James Giordano. He is a professor at Georgetown University, where he is the chief

of the Neuroethics Studies Program and scholar and residence in the Pellegrino Center for Clinical

Bioethics. I arranged to speak with Dr. Giordano after a presentation he gave at a recent conference

organized and hosted by the US Army's Mad Scientist Initiative, a program within the Army's

training and doctor in command.

His talk at that conference sort of overlaid the fields of neuroscience and technology on that

of military operations.

He talked about some groundbreaking

advancements in neuroscience and technology, what their military applications are or

might be, and also what ethical implications these developments and their

applications bring forth. It was a fascinating presentation and I had the

privilege of sitting down with him to talk further and record a conversation for our listeners.

Just a few quick things before we get to that. First, I want to thank the Mad Scientist Initiative for making it possible to speak to Dr. Giordano.

If you're interested in what they do, I would highly recommend following the program on Twitter. They're at Army Mad Sci.

And of course, hopefully you're also following MWI on Twitter. We're at War Institute and on Facebook and LinkedIn. And lastly, as always,

what you're about to hear are the views of the participants and don't represent the position

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