Nita Farahany Advocates 'Cognitive Liberty' as Neurotechnology Evolves

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🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Hackers who could install brain spyware into the apps and devices we’re using. Advertisers that could interface with our minds to know the products we crave, even before we do. It won’t all happen tomorrow, but Duke law professor Nita Farahany says we’re rapidly heading toward a world in which scientists, governments and corporations can peer into our brains and minds. We learn about the neurotechnology that calls to mind scenes from the “Minority Report” and hear why Farahany thinks we need to establish and protect our cognitive liberty. Her new book is “The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.” Guests: Nita Farahany, professor of law and philosophy, Duke University; author, "The Battle For Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.0	Bioethicist Nita Farahani says we're rapidly heading toward a world of so-called brain transparency
1:10.6	when scientists,
1:12.1	governments, corporations, our employers, will have the ability to peer into our minds at will.
1:17.8	This hour, we'll learn about the neuro technology that's collecting our brain data,
1:22.5	learning to translate it into what we're seeing, thinking, feeling, and already being deployed in some cases.
1:29.5	And we'll hear why Farahani thinks we need to establish a right to mental privacy.
1:34.5	Her new book is The Battle for Your Brain. Join us.
1:49.7	Welcome to F. I'm Mina Kim.
1:54.4	Hackers who can install Brain Spire into apps and devices we're using,
1:58.5	advertisers that can interface with our minds to know the products we crave,
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