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The Battle for Your Brain review: A guide to neuro nightmares ahead

How will we find a way through the new minefield of brain tracking and hacking? Ethicist and lawyer Nita Farahany's book is an excellent, if troubling, look at neurotechnology

By Simon Ings

19 April 2023

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The Battle for Your Brain
Nita Farahany (St Martin’s Press)

ETHICIST and lawyer Nita Farahany is no stranger to neurological intervention. She has sought relief from her chronic migraines in “triptans, anti-seizure drugs, antidepressants, brain enhancers, and brain diminishers”. She has had “neurotoxins injected into my head, my temples, my neck, and my shoulders; undergone electrical stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, MRIs, EEGs, fMRIs, and more”.

Few know better than Farahany what neurotech can do for people’s betterment, and …

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