Essay “When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy?”
The brain has always been a mystery. The brain is the most complex part of the human body. It was not until the 1880s, when Herman Ebbinghaus first started studying memory, that we started exploring how the brain works. In this day and age, we have obtained incredible knowledge of the brain. To an extent where we have the power to manipulate people’s thoughts and decisions, arguably taking away their freedom of thought. For example, as seen with social media, where we as humans unconsciously are tricked into an addiction. This actualizes a topic where we need to discuss whether cognitive liberty is a human right that needs to be protected before it’s too late. This is what bioethicist, lawyer, and philosopher Nita Farahany explores as she, in her TED talk “When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy?” 2018, explores how the human brain can and has been manipulated by incorporating personal experiences and science-based facts and speculations, and by discussing the rapidly developing technology for decoding brain data and the non-existent laws that restrict the use of such technology.
The sender Nita Farahany starts off her talk by establishing her ethos. (ll. 13-15): “As a bioethicist, a lawyer, a philosopher and an Iranian-American”. By doing this in the beginning she makes sure that the audience trusts her and listens to what she has to say, because it makes her statements seem more credible and trustworthy. She continues by using pathos declaring that there might be an issue threatening our freedom: (ll. 14-15):” I’m deeply concerned about what this means for our 15 freedoms and what kinds of protections we need”. This ignites the audience’s curiosity making them pay even more attention to what she says, and it even makes them eager to figure out what is threatening our freedom, because for many, nothing is more important than human freedom.
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