From: Ben Houston (ben@exocortex.org)
Date: Fri May 24 2002 - 09:10:20 MDT
This week the Economist magazine's cover feature is on the
dangers/potentials of neurotechnology. Both articles, although in my
opinion light on details, are still quite accurate and interesting. I
am surprised that such a mainstream non-geek magazine would be covering
these topics -- that fact to me at least is more significant than the
content of the two articles:
THE ETHICS OF BRAIN SCIENCE
Genetics may yet threaten privacy, kill autonomy, make society
homogeneous and gut the concept of human nature. But neuroscience could
do all of these things first
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1143317
THE FUTURE OF MIND CONTROL
People already worry about genetics. They should worry about brain
science too
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1143583
Cheers,
-ben houston
http://www.exocortex.org
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